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Lotus quinatus (Forssk.)J.B.Gillett

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HIGHER TAXON: Loteae

GENUS: Lotus L.

Lotus quinatus (Forssk.)J.B.Gillett [Preferred name]
    Dorycnium quinatum (Forssk.)C.Chr. {Synonym}
    Lotus brachycarpus var. montanus (A.Rich.)Cufod. {Synonym}
    Lotus montanus A.Rich. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Djibouti (N) [239]; Ethiopia (N) [546]; Somalia (N) [546]
  Middle East
Yemen (N) [546]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [24];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24] ; Illustration [24]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 Sokoloff DD & Kramina TE ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

239.

  Bavazzano, R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

546.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.13:361-81. [Lotus in Africa].
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