Sohmaea laxiflora(DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

WFO wfo-0001423300 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-25 / obs. 160119480
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129065315
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194255733
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124426435
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123550307
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127919310
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122340044
Sohmaea laxiflora, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 131493527

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Sohmaea laxiflora is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Sohmaea laxiflora, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

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 25 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 kibalanka Blume ex Miq.
  • Desmodium lacei Schindl.
  • Desmodium laxiflorum DC.
  • Desmodium laxiflorum subsp. lacei (Schindl.) H.Ohashi
  • Desmodium laxiflorum subsp. laxiflorum
  • Desmodium macrophyllum Desv.
  • Desmodium recurvatum (Roxb.) Wall.
  • Desmodium rottleri (Spreng.) G.Don
  • Desmodium roxburghii Sweet
  • Desmodium scabrellum Zipp. ex Miq.
  • Hedysarum articulatum Roxb.
  • Hedysarum auriculatum Roxb.
  • Hedysarum bicolor Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Hedysarum flaccidum Weinm.
  • Hedysarum latifolium Wall.
  • Hedysarum lineare Rottler ex Spreng.
  • Hedysarum macrophyllum Steud.
  • Hedysarum orbiculatum Rottler ex Wight & Arn.
  • Hedysarum recurvatum Roxb.
  • Hedysarum rottleri Spreng.
  • Hedysarum roxburghii Spreng.
  • Meibomia laxiflora (DC.) Kuntze
  • Meibomia rottleri (Spreng.) Kuntze
  • Ototropis recurvatus Nees

and 1 more.

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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