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Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus Regel

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HIGHER TAXON: Loteae

GENUS: Lotus L.

Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus Regel [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
China (N) [3443]; Japan (N) [1930]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1930, 3443]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-09 Bisby FA ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Kirkbride JH ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract

  
NOTES:
  Of interest because of small genome(450 megabases),two-fifths of Glycine max. [3321]
  Of interest in studies of nitrogen-fixation (with Mesorhizobium loti). [3321]
  Introduced to other countries as a laboratory plant, e.g. Denmark, UK, etc. [3321]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1930.

  Ohwi, J., 1965
    Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution

3321.

  Cyranoski, D., 2001
    Nature 409:272 Japanese legume project may help to fix ...

3443.

  Wei, Z. & Huang, Y.Z., 1998
    Galega &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 42(2) (Leguminosae 5)
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