Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Lotus decumbens Poir.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Lotus decumbens Poir. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3. 508. 1814 [3 Sep 1814] ; T. F. Forst. Fl. Tonbr. 86
Rank: species
See: ► Lotus pedunculatus Cav.

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Big trefoil
en English name: big trefoil
English name: greater bird's-foot trefoil
Spanish name: loto de los pantanos
German name: Sumpfhornklee

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Lotus pedunculatus Cav.
= Lotus pedunculatus Cav. var. villosus (Lamotte) O. Bolos & Vigo
= Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lotus
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, FL, HI, ID, IL, OR, WA), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. dendroideus [233]
2) Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. traskiae (Eastw. ex Noddin) Isely [248]
3) Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. veatchii (Greene) Isely [236]
4) Lotus divaricatus Boiss., nom. illeg. [205]
5) Lotus douglasii Greene var. nevadensis (S. Watson) Ottley [208]
6) Lotus filicaulis Durieu [207]
7) Lotus glaucus Aiton [251]
8) Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene var. mutabilis Ottley [196]
9) Lotus hillebrandii Christ [237]
10) Lotus maritimus L. [1869]

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