Abstract: Desmodium  tereS Wall. (Cat. no. 5694, l83l -32, nom. nud. ) ex Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 225. l852, in adnota; Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit, Ind. 2: 164. l876; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo -- Chine 2: 603. l920;SChindl. in Fedde, Rep. SP. Nov. 22:26l, l926 et in Fedde, Rep. Beih. 49: 302. 1928; Ohashi in Ginkgoanae l:l05. figs. 25-5, 26-3, Pl. l3a. l973; Ohashi in Fl. Camb.Laos.Vietn. 27:8l. Pl. l6. figs. 4~ 6. l994.——Meibomia teres (Wall. ex Benth. ) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. l: l98. l89l.

Key words: Desmodium teres, D.griffithanum var.leiocarpum, Tadehagi triquetrum subsp.alatum