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Taxon

Lotus corniculatus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 775. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 001.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 004.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 008.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 003.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 010.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 012.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 002.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 011.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 007.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 009.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 005.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail.  25 Jul 06. 006.jpg

Lotus corniculatus, CDavidson10964--ID. Valley Co. For Serv Rd. 432, to Crestline Trail. 25 Jul 06. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 003.jpg

Lotus corniculatus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus corniculatus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 004.jpg

Lotus corniculatus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 72 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 47 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions; presence uncertain in Tadzhikistan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C. 10964

July 25, 2006

Location

United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)

44.158, -116.118361

Location Remarks

Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

No collection number

May 5, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Lotus

Specific Epithet

corniculatus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#275,754 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →