Fabaceae
Lotus

Lotus palustris Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1394 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Albania to Caucasus and Ethiopia, Yemen. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean grasslands., Mediterranean/Sahara regional transition zone; grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Ghizdei Mare, Isomaite, Komonica Blotna, Large Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotier Des Marais, Loto De Los Pantanos, Lyadvenetz Bolotnyi, Stor Karingtand, Sumpf-Hornklee
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19379230/42328116

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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