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Lotus discolor E.Meyer

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HIGHER TAXON: Loteae

GENUS: Lotus L.

Lotus discolor E.Meyer [Accepted]
    Lotus sp.?new A J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [546]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [546]
    Ethiopia (N) [546]; Kenya (N) [546]; Malawi (N) [546]
    Nigeria (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [546]
    Tanzania (N) [546]; Uganda (N) [546]; Zaire (N) [546]
    Zambia (N) [546]; Zimbabwe (N) [546]
  
HABITATS: -
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  2 subspp.,discolor & mollis (Gillett 1958, ref.546).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

546.

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

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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