Pseudarthria viscida(L.) Wight & Arn.

WFO wfo-0000204774 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. a Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / 2017-10-02 / obs. 48361305
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132915346
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124410129
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124158477
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124428804
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122398686
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122372743
Pseudarthria viscida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122365617

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Pseudarthria viscida is native: Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi BangladeshIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesi
Native distribution of Pseudarthria viscida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Desmodium leschenaultii DC.
  • Desmodium peripterum Zipp. ex Miq.
  • Desmodium timoriense DC.
  • Desmodium viscidum (L.) DC.
  • Glycine viscida (L.) Willd.
  • Hedysarum prostratum Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Hedysarum timoriense (DC.) Spreng.
  • Hedysarum viscidum L.
  • Meibomia timorensis (DC.) Kuntze
  • Pseudarthria gyroides Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Pseudarthria timoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Rhynchosia pilosa Wall.
  • Rhynchosia viscida (L.) DC.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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