Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC. var. acutifolium (Kuntze) Urb. (Symb. Antill. 4: 292. 1905.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Dominica, Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Wild pindar (L. Antilles),
Synonyms: Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC. var. angustatum Urb. (Symb. Antill. 2: 303. 1900.), Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC. var. angustatum Urb. f. robustius Urb. (Symb. Antill. 2: 303. 1900.), Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC. var. sintenisii Urb. (Symb. Antill. 2: 303. 1900.), Meibomia axillaris (Sw.) Kuntze var. acutifolia Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 195. 1891.), Meibomia sintenisii (Urb.) Britton (In N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 402. 1924.), Nephromeria sintenisii (Urb.) Britton & P. Wilson (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 543. 1930.),
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