Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Lotus lalambensis Schweinf..

Lotus lalambensis Schweinf.

HIGHER TAXON: Loteae

GENUS: Lotus L.

Lotus lalambensis Schweinf. [Preferred name]
Lotus sp.aff.arabicus Collen. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes [24];
    Afromontane grassland [546];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [24, 546, 1859] ; Illustration [1859]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-03 Sokoloff DD ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 Sokoloff DD & Kramina TE ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.		Thulin, M., 1983
		Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

454.		Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
		Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

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

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia