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Lotus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 773 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000022302.

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Synonyms of Lotus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Andaca Raf. Fl. Tellur.3: 82 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000001945
Benedictella – Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N.15: 383 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004411
Bonjeanea Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.2: 507 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004978
Dorycnium Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000012460
Flundula Raf. Fl. Tellur.2: 96 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000014887
Heinekenia Webb ex Christ Bot. Jahrb. Syst.9: 125 (1887) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000017161
Krokeria Moench Methodus: 143 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020233
Lotea Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges.2: 384 (1787) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000022296
Miediega Bubani Fl. Pyren.2: 504 (1899) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000024270
Mullaghera Bubani Fl. Pyren.2: 507 (1899) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000024966
Ortholotus Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 363 (1868) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027275
Pedrosia Lowe Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.8: 292 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000028430
Scandalida Adans. Fam. Pl.2: 326 (1763) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000034232
Tetragonolobus Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 87 (1771) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000037914
Lotulus Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev.2: 268 (1818) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000044196

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Lotus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus albarracinensis Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 292 (1936) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus albidus Lodd. Bot. Cab. 11(7): t. 1063. 1826 [Mar 1826] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus ampylocladus Pritz. Icon. Bot. Index [Pritzel] i. 660, sphalm. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus argensis Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 83. 1893 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000170845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus australis f. australis – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus bivoneus Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2(1): 349. 1844 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362777
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus cedrocensis Greene Pittonia 2(9): 144. 1890 [24 Dec 1890] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362729
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus coimbricensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 74. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus corniculatus f. tenuifolius (Pollich ex Rchb.) Pau Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.29: 229 (1900) — wfo-1200002329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus corniculatus var. arenosus Jalas – — wfo-0000209357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus corniculatus var. carnosus Wahlb. Fl. Gothob.: 74 (1820) — wfo-1200002400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus corniculatus var. palustris Fr. Fl. Hallandica: 123 (1818) — wfo-1200002218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus corniculatus var. villosus Ser. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 214. 1825 [mid-Nov 1825] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001398672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis Moran ex Isley Brittonia 30(4): 466 (-467). 1978 [19 Dec 1978] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001393888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus cytisoides Herb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 74. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000035736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus delorti Timbal-Lagrave ex F.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allemagne 201 — wfo-0001053808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus dorycnium subsp. herbaceus (Vill.) Kramina & D.D.Sokoloff Plants [Basel] 11(3)-410: 2. 2022 [2 Feb 2022] [epublished] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200027589
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus dorycnium subsp. lagunae (Ceresuela & Sanchis) P.P.Ferrer & Rosselló Flora Montiber. 81: 87. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200024009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus embergeri Sennen É.M.G.Sennen & H.Mauricio, Cat. Fl. Rif Orient.: 34 (1933) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus extipulatus DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 231, in syn. 1825 [mid Nov 1825] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus folmum Graebn. – — wfo-0001220345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus frondosus (Freyn) Kupr. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 251 (1937), in syn. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001061790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus garcini Ser. Prodr. 2: 212 1825 — wfo-0000362791
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus glabra Torr. – — wfo-0001220344
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus glacialis var. glareosus (Boiss. & Reut.) Pau Mem. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Ser. Bot.1(1): 37 (1922) — wfo-1200002033
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus greenei Kearney & Peebles – — wfo-0000167991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus gussonei A.Huet ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 182. 1878 [Sep 1878] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000363023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus gussonii Huet ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 182 1878 — wfo-0001053815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus herbaceus (Vill.) Peruzzi Inform. Bot. Ital. 42(2): 528. 2010 [31 Dec 2010] ; isonym Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000749686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus herbaceus subsp. herbaceus – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001425599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus hilldebrandii Christ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 122 1888 — wfo-0001056320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 572 (1815) — wfo-1000038965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus jaegeri Harms ex Jaeger Mitt. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Ergänzungsh. iv. 91 (1911), nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus kabylicus Batt. Batt. & Trab. Fl. de l'Alger. [Dicot.] (1889) 246. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000363010
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus luteus J.Harrison Floric. Cab. & Florist's Mag.20: 294 (1852) — wfo-1000002790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus mandoni A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 15: 965 1935 — wfo-0001056327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus minoriflorus Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 20: 92 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus montanus Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn15(2): 180 (1877) — wfo-1000035054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus neglectus Lowe – — wfo-0001061924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus nevadensis Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.4: 84 (1893) — wfo-1000035055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus nummularius Dayton – — wfo-0000177381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus nummulus Tidestr. ex Dayton Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 40(27): 119 1927 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001051528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus oligoceratos Link ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 184. 1878 [Sep 1878] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus oroboides (Kunth) Kearney & Peebles – — wfo-0000168006
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus oroboides var. oroboides – – — wfo-0001061193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus oroboides var. plebeia (Brandegee) Ottley – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus plebius (Brandegee) Barneby – — wfo-0000209913
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus racemasus Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 3: 508 1814 — wfo-0000362725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus racemosus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 175 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001051534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus rectus Georgi Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich1: 227 (1775) — wfo-1000035071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus riparius Andrz. Trudy Kom. Vys. Uchr., Kiev1: 31 (1860) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus schimperi Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 75. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus stagnalis Batt. in Batt. et Trab. Fl. de l'Alger. [Dicot.] (1889) 244. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000362681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus subbiflorus subsp. subbiflorus – 1968 — wfo-0001061949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus subglaber Charit. Form. Rastitel'n. Pokrova Basseyna Irtysha 90 (-91). 2022 [28 Dec 2022] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000049177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus tenuis var. macrodon Borsos Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung.12: 266 (1966) — wfo-1200002035
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus tenuis var. serpentinicus P.Silva Agron. Lusit.30: 209 (1970) — wfo-1200002036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus tomentosus Desr. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl.3: 612 (1792) — wfo-1000035063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus tomentosus Rohde ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 1: 496. 1821 [Apr-Jun 1821] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200040849
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus villosus Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 23 (1768) — wfo-1000035131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus vindicatus Boengh. Cat. Sem. Hort. Monast. (1829); ex Koch, in Roehl. Deutschl. Fl. ed. III. v. 306. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000363657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lotus wiedemanni Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 883 1926 — wfo-0001056326