Lotus cytisoides

Lotus cytisoides

Lotus cytisoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Lotus
Species: Lotus cytisoides

Name

Lotus cytisoides L. Sp. Pl. 2: 776. 1753.

• Lectotypus (designated by Heyn & Herrnstadt, Kew Bull. 21(2): 307. 1967): Barrelier, Pl. Gall. Hisp. Ital., t. 1031.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lotus creticus subsp. cytisoides (L.) Arcangeli, Comp. Fl. Ital.: 180. 1882.
• Heterotypic
  • Lotus allionii Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 77. 1814.
  • Lotus cytisoides subsp. allionii (Desv.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 565. 1936.
  • Lotus argolicus Link, Linnaea 9: 584. 1835.
  • Lotus coronillifolius Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 2: 543. 1828.
  • Lotus cuatrecasasii Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 231. 1936.
  • Lotus cytisoides subsp. conradiae Gamisans, Bull. Soc. Sci. Hist. Nat. Corse 661: 297. 1992.
  • Lotus cytisoides subsp. prostratus Maire in Jahandiez & Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc: 402. 1932.
  • Lotus diffusus Spreng., Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachtr. 1: 27. 1801.
  • Lotus glaucescens C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 47. 1822.
  • Lotus judaicus Boiss., Fl. Orient. 2: 165. 1872.
  • Lotus patens C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 48. 1822.
  • Lotus prostratus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 206. 1799.
  • Lotus secundiflorus Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 46. 1824.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 776. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Heyn, C.C. & Herrnstadt, I. 1967. The Lotus creticus group. Kew Bulletin 21(2): 299–309. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1989. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 4: Dicotyledones (Lauraceae – Rhamnaceae). cxxix + 458 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève, ISBN 2-8277-0154-5. Online version. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lotus cytisoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Lotus cytisoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Lotus cytisoides. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 3 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Lotus cytisoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2016.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lotus cytisoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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