Lotononis carnea

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Description

Genus Lotononis

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf palmately trifoliolate , rarely unifoliolate , stipules minute or foliaceous , solitary or in pairs. Inflorescence racemose or subumbellate, 1-many flowered, terminal or leaf-opposed. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper 4 united higher up than the lower lobe . Vexillum orbicular to oblong . Keel incurved . Stamens monadelphous , tube split along the upper side, 4 with long and 6 with short anthers . Ovary sessile, many-ovuled, style incurved, stigma terminal. Fruit oblong, 2-valved, many-seeded.

A genus with about 110 species, mainly S. African, a few species are found in N. Africa, Orient and Southern Europe.[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Crotalarieae ()
        Genus: Lotononis () - (A.P. de Candolle) Ecklon & Zeyher, 1836, nom. cons. - Lotononis
        Specific epithet: carnea - B.-E.van Wyk
        Botanical name: - Lotononis carnea B.-E.van Wyk