Lotus L.

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

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)