Puhuaea sequax(Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

WFO wfo-0001444098 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-20 / obs. 184157351
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150917320
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165344878
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104604008
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Tatsutomo Chin
fig. e Tatsutomo Chin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43205282
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. f Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33537836
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30813794
Puhuaea sequax, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. h Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30812615

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Puhuaea sequax is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaMalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaSulawesiSumateraVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Puhuaea sequax, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 12 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 ancistrotrichum K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  • Desmodium dasylobum Miq.
  • Desmodium hamulatum Franch.
  • Desmodium sequax Wall.
  • Desmodium sequax var. sinuatum (Miq.) Hosok.
  • Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Blume ex Baker
  • Desmodium strangulatum var. sinuatum Miq.
  • Dollinera sequax (Wall.) Schindl.
  • Meibomia dasyloba (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Meibomia sequax (Wall.) Kuntze
  • Meibomia sinuata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

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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