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Taxon: Lotus maritimus L.

Genus: Lotus
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Loteae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 100265
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:773. 1753 "maritima"
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 26-Jun-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2002
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 18 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Turkey
    Caucasus: Georgia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Sweden [s.]
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy [incl. Sardinia]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

References:

  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [= Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth].
  • Dominguez, E. & Galiano. 1979. Lagascalia 8:197. [= Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth].
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Isely, D. 1981. Leguminosae of the United States. III. Subfamily Papilionoideae: tribes Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, and Loteae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(3):241. [= Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth].
  • Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [= Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth].
  • Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. (Leg NEurasia) [= Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Lotus maritimus L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100265 (17 March 2009)

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