Lotus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 773 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bismarck Archipelago, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Gambia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Victoria, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Brazil South, California, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Easter Is., Falkland Is., Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Labrador, Maryland, Mexico Northwest, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Oregon, Primorye, Réunion, South Georgia, St.Helena, Tennessee, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Washington, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Brand in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25: 166 (1898).
  • —F.T.A. 2: 61

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Brand in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 116–232 (1898).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 338 (1754).
  • J.B. Gillett in Kew Bull. 13: 361–381 (1959).
  • Sp. Pl.: 773 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Brand in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25: 165–232 (1898)
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Gillett in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).
  • Gillett in Kew Bull. 13: 361–381 (1958)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Brand in E.J. 25:116–232 (1898)
  • Gillett in K.B. 13: 361–81 (1958)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 338 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 773 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 7, 2011 Day, C.D. [161] Türkiye K000341485 No
Jan 31, 2008 Hatschbach, G.G.; Ribas, O.S. [79687] Brazil K000931787 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Hunt, T.C. [184] Portugal K000264363 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Webb [s.n.] Spain K000226723 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Murray, R.P. [s.n.] Spain K000226726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 10, 1984 Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Portugal K000226715 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1958 Schimper, W. [844] K000873161 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1958 Schimper, W. [844] K000873162 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turrill, W.B. United Kingdom K:SPC-13202.000 No
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] K000959935 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [112G] K000262726 Type Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Portugal K000226714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmuller, J. [3314] Armenia K000873166 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [14] Spain K000226721 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier [s.n.] K000873165 Unknown Type Material Yes
Webb [s.n.] Spain K000226690 Unknown Type Material Yes
Quartin Dillon [s.n.] Ethiopia K000226733 Type Yes
Webb, P.B. [35] K000262731 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [900] Ethiopia K000226741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [3327] Iran K000873155 Type Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6255] Mexico K000119316 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000873181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mason, N.H. [s.n.] Portugal K000262742 Type Yes
Aedo, C.; Castroviejo, S.; Jardim, R.; Medina, L.; Sequeira, M.; Velayos, M. [10855MV] Portugal K001516667 Yes
Lowe [s.n.] Spain K000226689 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [895] Portugal K000226708 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy P.M.R. [4353] K000873157 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000262727 Type Yes
Palmer, E. [637] Mexico K000478366 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Portugal K000262738 Type Yes
Lowe, R.T. [895] Portugal K000262740 Type Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [3327] Iran K000873156 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier [s.n.] K000873163 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stocks, J.E. [563] Pakistan K000873223 Unknown Type Material Yes
Paiva, B. [s.n.] Portugal K000226717 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [5939] K000873150 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K000873224 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] K000262728 Type Yes
Hinton, G.B. [805] Mexico K000119317 No
Lowe, R.T. [895] Portugal K000262741 Type Yes
Simpson, N.D. [6044] Egypt K003550414 Yes
Vogel, J.R.T. [s.n.] K000262729 Type Yes
Boissier [s.n.] K000873164 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [831] Portugal K000262739 Type Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Portugal K000226716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Spain K000226724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Frivaldsky [s.n.] North Macedonia K000873182 Unknown Type Material Yes
Webb, P.B. [37] K000262730 Type Yes
Mathews [s.n.] United States K000873226 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Spain K000226725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [890] Kenya K:SPC-09274.000 No
Rico, L.; Maxted, N.; Ali Shehadeh [s.n.] Cyprus Tetragonolobus K001306591 No
unknown [s.n.] Togo Pedrosia K000262725 Type Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1762] Armenia Dorycnium K000297275 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. [178] France Dorycnium K001926139 No
Smith, A.R.; Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. [174] France Dorycnium K001926147 No

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