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Desmodium heterocarpon (L.)DC.
A plant from North Queensland.

	Desmodium *heterocarpon*	Desmodium *heterocarpon*

	Description:Flowers	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16˚46.2504S, 145°25.6056E	GPS coordinates:16˚46.2504S, 145°25.6056E
	Date of photo:12 February 2017	Date of photo:12 February 2017
	Field No.:5985	Field No.:5985

	Desmodium *heterocarpon*	Desmodium *heterocarpon*

	Description:Leaflets	Description:Flowers
	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16˚46.2504S, 145°25.6056E	GPS coordinates:16˚46.2504S, 145°25.6056E
	Date of photo:12 February 2017	Date of photo:12 February 2017
	Field No.:5985	Field No.:5985

References (accessed 11 April 2019):

Plant identified by Tony Bean of the Queensland Herbarium

http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?genus=Desmodium&species=heterocarpon

http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Desmodium_heterocarpon_var._strigosum.htm

Pedley, L. (1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2):244

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2):112

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