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Lotus

The genus Lotus is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lotus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Lotus aduncus (Griseb.) Nyman Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus aleppicus Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus alpicola (Beck) "Miniaev, Ulle & Krytzka" Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus alpinus (DC.) Ramond Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus angustifolius Gouan Accepted M TRO
Lotus angustissimus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus anthylloides Vent. Accepted L ILDIS
Lotus arabicus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus arborescens Cout. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus arenarius Brot. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus argenteus (Delile) Boiss. Accepted M TRO
Lotus argyrodes R.P.Murray Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus arinagensis Bramwell Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus armeniacus Kit Tan & Sorger Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus assakensis Brand Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus australis Andrews Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus azoricus P.W.Ball Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus becquetii Boutique Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus benoistii (Maire) Lassen Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus berthelotii Masf. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus biflorus Desr. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus bollei H.Christ Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus borbasii Ujhelyi Accepted L ILDIS
Lotus borkouanus Quezel Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus broussonetii Ser. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus brunneri Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus burtii Borsos Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus burttii Borsos Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus callis-viridis Bramwell & D.H.Davis Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus callunetorum (Juxip) Miniaev Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus campylocladus Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus candidissimus A.Chev. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus chazaliei H.Boissieu Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus chihuahuanus (S. Watson) Greene Accepted M TRO
Lotus conimbricensis Brot. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus conjugatus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus corniculatus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus coronillaefolius Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus creticus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus cruentus Court Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus cytisoides L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus delortii F.W.Schultz Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus digii Chrtkova Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus discolor E.Mey. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus divaricatus Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus drepanocarpus Durieu Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus dumetorum R.P.Murray Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus dvinensis Miniaev & Ulle Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus edulis L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus elisabethae Wissjul. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus emeroides R.P.Murray Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus eremiticus A.Santos Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus eriophthalmus Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus eriosolen (Maire) Mader & Podlech Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus frondosus Freyn Accepted M TRO
Lotus garcinii DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus gebelia Vent. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus glaber Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus glacialis (Boiss.) Pau Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus glareosus Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus glaucus Sol. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus glinoides Delile Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus goetzei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus greenei Ottley Accepted M TRO
Lotus halophilus Boiss. & Spruner Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hebecarpus J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hebranicus Brand Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hillebrandii H.Christ Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hirtulus Cout. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hispidus DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus holosericus Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus hosackioides (Royle ex Benth.) Ali Accepted M TRO
Lotus jacobaeus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus jolyi Batt. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus krylovii Schischkin & Serg. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell & D.H.Davis Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus lalambensis Schweinf. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus lanuginosus Vent. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus laricus Rech.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus latifolius Brand Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus lebrunii Boutique Accepted L ILDIS
Lotus longesiliquosus R.Roem. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus loweanus Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus macranthus Lowe Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus macrotrichus Boiss. Accepted M TRO
Lotus maculatus Breitf. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus maritimus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus maroccanus Ball Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus mascaensis Burchard Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus mearnsii (Britton) Britton ex Greene Accepted M TRO
Lotus melilotoides Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus michauxianus Ser. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus mlanjeanus J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus mollis Balf.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus namulensis Brand Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus norvegicus (Chrtkova) Miniaev Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus nubicus Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus oliveirae A.Chev. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus ononopsis Balf.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus ornithopodioides L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus oroboides (Kunth) Ottley Accepted M TRO
Lotus palaestinus (Boiss. & Blanche) Blatt. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus palustris Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus parviflorus Desf. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus peczoricus Miniaev & Ulle Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus pedunculatus Cav. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus peregrinus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby Accepted M TRO
Lotus polyphyllos Clarke Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus preslii Ten. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus pseudocreticus Maire & al. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus purpureus Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus purshianus (Benth.) F. Clements & E. Clements Accepted M TRO
Lotus pyranthus P.Perez Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus quinatus (Forssk.) J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus racemosus Sessé & Moc. Accepted M TRO
Lotus ramulosus M.E. Jones Accepted M TRO
Lotus rechingerii Chrtkova Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus repens (G. Don) Sessé & Moc. ex Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Lotus schimperi Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus schoelleri Schweinf. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus sessilifolius DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus simoneae Maire & al. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus spartioides Webb & Berthel. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus spectabilis Ser. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus stenodon (Boiss. & Heldr.) Heldr. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus stepposus Kramina Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus subbiflorus Lag. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus subdigitatus Boutique Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus taitungensis S.S. Ying Accepted M TRO
Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus tetragonolobus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus tetraphyllus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus tibesticus Maire Accepted L ILDIS
Lotus torulosus (Chiov.) Fiori Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus ucrainicus Klokov Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus weilleri Maire Accepted H ILDIS
Lotus wildii J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 504 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lotus. Of these 140 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 126 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lotus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 504 species names for the genus Lotus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 140 27.8%
◕ Synonym 206 40.9%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 158 31.3%

All names

The status of the 630 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lotus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 156 24.8%
◕ Synonym 314 49.8%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 160 25.4%

Of these names,

A further 8 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 504 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lotus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 121 169 0 0 290 57.5%
Medium confidence 15 29 0 0 44 8.7%
Low confidence 4 8 0 158 170 33.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Lotus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 125 175 0 0 8 308 61.1%
Tropicos 15 31 0 6 0 52 10.3%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 152 0 152 30.2%