Lotus corniculatus L.

Lotus corniculatus L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Lotus L.
Tribe: Loteae
References: [454][754][801][2080][3225][3226]

Other names:

Lotus ambiguus Sprengel [Synonym] [754][3225][3226]
Lotus arvensis Pers. [Synonym] [454]
Lotus balticus Miniaev [Synonym] [3225][3226]
Lotus carpetanus Lacaita [Synonym]
Lotus caucasicus Kuprian. [Synonym] [1363][3226][454]
Lotus komarovii Miniaev [Synonym] [3225][3226]
Lotus major Scop. [Synonym] [454]
Lotus olgae Klokov [Synonym] [3226]
Lotus ruprechtii Miniaev [Synonym] [3225][3226]
Lotus tauricus Juz. [Synonym] [3226]
Lotus zhegulensis Klokov [Synonym] [3225][3226]

Common Names:

Birdsfoot Trefoil [1862] [1902] [2080]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
- Shrub
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Adams BR
- 1999-08 Heald J
Further editing:
- 2001-03 Sokoloff DD
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 2001-03 Sokoloff DD
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [1862]
Forage [1363] [1862] [3073] [754]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Algeria [454]
- Egypt [454]
- Ethiopia [546]
- Kenya [546]
- Libya [454]
- Morocco [454]
- Sudan [546]
- Tanzania [546]
- Tunisia [454]

Asia [1179] [1862] [1914] [1929] [1930] [1938] [1947] [2015] [2020]
- Afghanistan [1862]
- Bhutan [1947]
- China [1179] [1914]
- India [1862] [1914]
- Iran [2020]
- Iraq [1862]
- Japan [1930]
- Korea [1862] [1914]
- Mongolia [1938]
- Nepal [1914]
- Pakistan [1862] [1938]
- Taiwan [1929]
- USSR [2015]

Australasia [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - Australian Capital Territory
  - New South Wales
  - Queensland
  - Victoria
- Tasmania

Central America
- Costa Rica [1658]

Europe [454]
- Albania [754]
- Austria-F.E. [754]
- Azores [754]
- Balearic Is [754]
- Belgium-F.E. [754]
- Bulgaria [754]
- Corsica [754]
- Czechoslovakia [754]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- Foroyar [754]
- France-F.E. [754]
- Germany [754]
- Great Britain [754]
- Greece [754]
- Hungary [754]
- Iceland [754]
- Ireland-F.E. [754]
- Italy-F.E. [754]
- Kriti [754]
- Malta [454]
- Netherlands [754]
- Norway [754]
- Poland [754]
- Portugal [754]
- Romania [754]
- Sardegna [754]
- Sicilia [454]
- Spain-F.E. [754]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754]
- Turkey in Europe [454]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [754]

Middle East [454] [1859] [1896]
- East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
- Lebanon-Syria [454]
- Saudi Arabia [1859]
- Turkey in Asia [454]
- Yemen [1896]

North America [1115] [1271] [1363] [1680]
- Canada [1115] [1271]
- United States [1115] [1271] [1363] [1431] [1680]
  - California [1363]
  - Colorado [1363]
  - Connecticut [1363]
  - Idaho [1363]
  - Illinois [1363]
  - Indiana [1363]
  - Iowa [1363]
  - Michigan [1363]
  - Minnesota [1363]
  - Missouri [1363]
  - New Mexico [1363]
  - New York [1363]
  - North Carolina [1363]
  - Ohio [1363]
  - Oklahoma [1363]
  - Oregon [1363]
  - Tennessee [1363]
  - Utah [1363]
  - Virginia [1363]
  - Washington [1363]
  - West Virginia [1363]
  - Wyoming [1363]

Pacific Ocean [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [3073]
- Argentina [3073]
  - Buenos Aires [3073]
  - Entre Rios [3073]
- Chile [1444]

Notes:

Very variable;taxonomy in dispute. MedCheck. and Fl.Europ. do not recog. subsp
Gillett(1958,ref.546) distinguishes ssp.major.
Townsend recognises two varieties [1862]
Chrtkova-Zertova recognises four subspecies. [1861]
Reported in error for Portugal & Balearic Is. [454]
Doubtfully present in Libya, Malta, East Aegean Is. & Turkey in Europe [454]
The type of L.ucrainicus Klokov is a hybrid btwn L.stepposus & L.corniculatus. [3225] [3226]
L.ucrainicus is thus excluded from the synonymy of L.corniculatus. [3225] [3226]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:16:29