Lotus parviflorus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Lotus

Annual or perennial , herbs or semishrubs. Leaf pinnately compound ; leaflets 5, 3 at the apex and 2 at the base resembling stipules, or the basal leaflets absent, entire. Stipules absent or represented by glands or minute, deciduous. Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate or almost sessile umbel, subtended by 1-3 leafy bracts or flower solitary axillary. Calyx tubular , bilabiate. Corolla yellow, pinkish, red, purple or white, free from stamens, keel pointed or beaked . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, alternate filaments dilated at the apex. Fruit dehiscent , generally many seeded.

A genus with 60-100 species, most numerous around the Mediterranean[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Last scrutiny: Mar-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lotus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. angustissimus (Slender Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus argophyllus var. argophyllus (Silver Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus var. adsurgens (Santa Cruz Island Silverhosackia) · L. argyraeus var. argyraeus (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argyraeus var. multicaulis (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. australis (Australian Trefoil) · L. berthelotii (Coral Gem) · L. callunetorum (Lyadvenetz Vereshchatnikovyi) · L. corniculatus (Babys Slippers) · L. corniculatus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus fruticosus (Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus tenuifolius (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus 'Plenus' (Double Birds Foot Trefoil) · L. crassifolius var. crassifolius (Big Deervetch) · L. cruentus (Red Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. dendroideus var. dendroideus (Island Broom) · L. glaber (Narrow-Leaf Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. grandiflorus var. grandiflorus (Chaparral Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. heermannii var. heermannii (Heermann's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. hirsutus 'Brimstone' (Hairy Canary Clover) · L. hispidus (Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. jacobaeus (Lotus Jacobaeus) · L. junceus var. junceus (Rush Broom) · L. krylovii (Krylov's Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. maculatus (Lotus Vine) · L. maculatus 'Amazon Sunset' (Amazon Sunset Lotus Vine) · L. maritimus (Square-Podded Bird´s Foot Trefoil (Usa)) · L. mearnsii var. equisolensis (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. mearnsii var. mearnsii (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. nevadensis var. nevadensis (Nevada Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · Hosackia oblongifolia (Streambank Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. oblongifolius var. oblongifolius (Narrow-Leaved Lotus) · L. palustris (Large Birds-Foot Trefoil) · L. parviflorus (Small-Flower Trefoil) · L. pedunculatus (Big Trefoil) · L. plebeius (Long-Bract Bird's-Foot-Trefoil) · L. procumbens var. procumbens (Silky Deerweed) · L. purshianus var. Purshianus (Spanish Clover) · L. salsuginosus var. salsuginosus (Coastal Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. scoparius brevialatus var. brevialatus (California Broom) · L. scoparius scoparius var. scoparius (Common Deerweed) · L. stipularis var. stipularis (Balsam Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. strigosus var. strigosus (Strigose Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. subbiflorus (Hairy Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. tenuis (Narrowleaf Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. tetragonolobus (Asparagus Pea) · L. unifoliolatus var. helleri (Heller's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. 'Gold Flash' (Lotus Vine)

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 321.
• A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties. .. the scientific names accentuated, t By George Don. London, J.G. and F. Rivington [etc.]1831-38. url p. 195.
• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 195.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 40.
• Elementary flora of the Northwest, Cincinnati [etc.]American Book Company[c1914] url .
• Flora calpensis; contributions to the botany and topography of Gibraltar, and its neighbourhood. By E. F. Kelaart. London, J. van Voorst, 1846. url p. 98.
• Flowering plants of the Riviera: a sescriptive account of 1800 of the more interesting species / by H. Stuart Thompson; with an introduction on Riviera vegetation by A. G. Tansley London; New York: Longmans, Green, 1914. url p. 84.
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 14.
• Spicilegium florae Maroccanae / by John Ball. London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1878. url p. 424.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 189, p. 322.
• The tourist's flora: a descriptive catalogue of the flowering plants and ferns of the British Islands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the Italian islands / London: Reeve and Benham, 1850. url , p. 95.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
• GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
• GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
• GBIF-Spain, Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667938
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-4962
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14369721
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503819-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 22732
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503558
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2A0Y0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LOPA81
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 45937

Footnotes

1. "Lotus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 311. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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