⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Hedysarum purpureum in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Desmodium tortuosum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 13020312
) with original publication details: Hort. Bengal. 57 57 1814.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498025-1
.