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Lotononis laxa Ecklon & Zeyher

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Lotononis (DC.)Ecklon & Zeyher

Lotononis laxa Ecklon & Zeyher [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Lesotho (N) [359]
    Malawi (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [522]
    Swaziland (N) [326]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]
    Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210], Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Gibbs Russell (1987,ref.279) gives two vars; laxa & multiflora.
  Dummer(1913,ref.522) cites some specimens under both L.laxa & L.woodii.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

326.

   Kemp,E., 1983
    Swaziland Nat.Trust Comm.Oc.Pap.2.Flora Checklist Swaziland
    Swaziland Nat.Trust Comm.Oc.Pap.2.Flora Checklist Swaziland

359.

   Jacot Guillarmod,A., 1971
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer

522.

   Dummer,R.A., 1913
    Trans.Roy.Soc.S.Afr.3,2:276-330. ..the species of Lotononis.
    Trans.Roy.Soc.S.Afr.3,2:276-330. ..the species of Lotononis.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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