Lotus corniculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
Subspecies: L. c. subsp. afghanicus – L. c. subsp. corniculatus – L. c. subsp. delortii – L. c. subsp. fruticosus – L. c. subsp. preslii
L. c. subsp. ruprechtii

Lotus corniculatus L., 2: 775. (1753)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
- Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Madeira
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Brazil South, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Falkland Is., Iceland, Illinois, Kentucky, Korea, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Primorye, South Australia, South Georgia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tristan da Cunha, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria

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Lotus corniculatus in the Euro+Med PlantBase
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lotus corniculatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.