Tadehagi triquetrum(L.) H.Ohashi

WFO wfo-0000200220 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-08 / obs. 156444479
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118519133
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124009888
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123761869
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123580591
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123562892
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127918177
Tadehagi triquetrum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127153178

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Tadehagi triquetrum is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.
Native distribution of Tadehagi triquetrum, 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
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
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 24 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.

  • Aeschynomene triquetra A.St.-Hil. ex Steud.
  • Desmodium acrocarpum Hance
  • Desmodium alatum sensu Bojer
  • Desmodium auriculatum DC.
  • Desmodium triquetrum (L.) DC.
  • Desmodium triquetrum subsp. auriculatum (DC.) Prain
  • Desmodium triquetrum subsp. genuinum Prain
  • Desmodium triquetrum subsp. triquetrum
  • Hedysarum auriculatum Link
  • Hedysarum triquetrum L.
  • Heteroloma auriculatum Desv. ex DC.
  • Meibomia triquetra (L.) Kuntze
  • Pteroloma auriculata (DC.) Miq.
  • Pteroloma auriculatum (DC.) Schindl.
  • Pteroloma auriculatum (DC.) Desv.
  • Pteroloma auriculatum Desv. ex DC.
  • Pteroloma triquetrum (L.) Benth.
  • Pteroloma triquetrum subsp. auriculatum (DC.) H.Ohashi
  • Tadehagi andamanicum (N.P.Balakr. & N.G.Nair) S.P.Mathew
  • Tadehagi auriculatum (DC.) H.Ohashi
  • Tadehagi triquetrum subsp. andamanicum N.P.Balakr. & N.G.Nair
  • Tadehagi triquetrum subsp. auriculatum (DC.) H.Ohashi
  • Tadehagi triquetrum subsp. triquetrum
  • Tadehagi triquetrum var. palawanensis H.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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