Lupinus malacophyllus

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Lupinus

Herbs or shrubs . Leaf generally palmately multifoliolate; stipules adnate .. Inflorescence a terminal raceme . Bract caducous , bracteoles mostly persistent . Calyx 2-lipped. Vexillum orbicular or broadly ovate . Wing petals connate at the apex. Keel beaked . Stamens monadelphous , anthers alternately long and short. Ovary sessile, 2-many ovuled, style incurved , glabrous or with a ring of hairs beneath the terminal stigma. Fruit compressed , 2-valved, often constricted between the seeds. Seed estrophiolate.

About 200 species; most numerous in Western North and South America, with a second centre round the Mediterranean.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lupinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 326 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. abramsii (Abrams Lupine) · L. adsurgens (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. adsurgens (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. lilacinus (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. undulatus (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. affinis (Fleshy Lupine) · L. agardhianus (Bajada Lupine) · L. albicaulis (Pine Lupine) · L. albicaulis var. albicaulis (Sicklekeel Lupine) · L. albicaulis var. shastensis (Shasta Lupine) · L. albifrons (Bentham's Bush Lupine) · L. albifrons collinus (Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons eminens var. eminens (Foothill Lupine) · L. albifrons var. albifrons (Silver Bush Lupine) · L. albifrons var. douglasii (Douglas' Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons var. eminens (Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons var. flumineus (Silver Lupine) · L. albus albus (Altramuz) · L. alpestris (Alp Lupine) · L. ammophilus (Sand Lupine) · L. amphibius (Amphibious Lupine) · L. andersonii (Anderson's Lupine) · L. angustiflorus (Narrow-Flower Lupine) · L. angustifolius (Blue Lupin) · L. angustifolius angustifolius (Blue Lupin) · L. angustifolius reticulatus (Blue Lupin) · L. antoninus (Anthony Peak Lupine) · L. apertus (Summit Lupine) · L. arboreus (Bush Lupine) · L. arboreus var. arboreus (Bush Lupine) · L. arbustus arbustus (Long-Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus arbustus var. Arbustus (Longspur Lupine) · L. arbustus calcaratus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus neolaxiflorus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus pseudoparviflorus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus silvicola (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus var. montanus (Longspur Lupine) · L. arcticus (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus arcticus (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus canadensis (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus subalpinus (Arctic Lupine) · L. argenteus (Holo Lupine) · L. argenteus argenteus var. argenteus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus moabensis var. moabensis (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus parviflorus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus var. laxiflorus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus var. utahensis (Silvery Lupine) · L. aridus (Arid Lupin) · L. aridus ashlandensis (Mt. Ashland Lupine) · L. aridus 'Summer Spires' (Arid Lupin) · L. arizonicus arizonicus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus arizonicus var. Arizonicus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus lagunensis (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus setosissimus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus sonorensis (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus var. barbatulus (Arizona Lupine) · L. benthamii (Bentham's Lupine) · L. benthamii heller (Spider Lupine) · L. benthamii var. benthamii (Spider Lupine) · L. benthamii var. opimus (Spider Lupine) · L. bicolor (Bicolor Lupine) · L. bicolor bicolor (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor microphyllus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor tridentatus var. Tridentatus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor var. tetraspermus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bingenensis (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. bingenensis (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. dubius (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. subsaccatus (Bingen Lupine) · L. brevior (Short Lupine) · L. breweri (Brewer's Lupine) · L. breweri var. breweri (Brewer's Lupine) · L. breweri var. bryoides (Matted Lupine) · L. breweri var. grandiflorus (Matted Lupine) · L. breweri var. parvulus (Matted Lupine) · L. burkei (Burke's Lupine) · L. burkei burkei (Largeleaf Lupine) · L. burkei caeruleomontanus (Blue Mountains Lupine) · L. caespitosus (Dwarf Lupine) · L. caespitosus var. caespitosus (Stemless Dwarf Lupine) · L. caespitosus var. utahensis (Utah Lupine) · L. caudatus montigenus (Mount Rose Lupine) · L. cervinus (Santa Lucia Lupine) · L. chamissonis (Chamisso Bush Lupine) · L. chihuahuensis (Chihuahuan Lupine) · L. citrinus (Orange-Flowered Lupine) · L. citrinus var. citrinus (Orange Lupine) · L. citrinus var. deflexus (Mariposa Lupine) · L. concinnus (Bajada Lupine) · L. concinnus optatus (Nipomo Dune Lupine) · L. confertus (Crowded Lupine) · L. congdonii (Congdon's Lupine) · L. constancei (Lassics Lupine) · L. cosentinii (West Australian Blue Lupin) · L. covillei (Coville Lupine) · L. crassus (Paradox Lupine) · L. croceus (Mount Eddy Lupine) · L. croceus var. pilosellus (Saffron-Flower Lupine) · L. culbertsonii (Culbertson Lupine) · L. culbertsonii culbertsonii (Hockett Meadows Lupine)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 365.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 25 1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 293.
• Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url p. 242.
• Muhlenbergia. Chico, Calif. [etc] url , p. 147, p. 148, p. 27.
• Pittonia: a series of papers relating to botany and botanists /by Edward L. Greene. 1 1887-1889 Berkeley, Calif. [etc.]: Doxey & Co. [etc.], 1887-1905. url p. 215.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650692
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-13254
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26065
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2B2L0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LUMA2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 46534

Footnotes

1. "Lupinus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 33.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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