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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lotus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lotus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Subfamilia  Lotoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 643. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Loteae DC. pub. Prodr. 2: 115. mid Nov 1825.       Subtribus  Lotinae (DC.) Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 180. 10 Oct 1834.       Genus  Lotus L. pub. (1753) common name: trefoil

Named members of the Genus Lotus

1	Species  aboriginus Jepson common name: rosy bird's-foot trefoil
2	Species  alamosanus (Rose) Gentry common name: Sonoran bird's-foot trefoil
3	Species  americanus (Nutt.) Bisch., non Vell. syn. Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus
4	Species  angustissimus L. common name: slender bird's-foot trefoil
5	Species  argophyllus (Gray) Greene
	6    Subspecies  adsurgens (Dunkle) Raven syn. Lotus argophyllus var. adsurgens 7    Varietas  adsurgens Dunkle common name: Santa Cruz Island silverhosack 8    Varietas  argenteus Dunkle common name: silver bird's-foot trefoil 9    Varietas  argophyllus common name: silver bird's-foot trefoil 10    Subspecies  decorus (I.M. Johnston) Munz syn. Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus 11    Varietas  decorus (I.M. Johnston) Ottley syn. Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus 12    Varietas  fremontii (Gray) Ottley common name: Fremont's birsfoot trefoil 13    Subspecies  niveus (Greene) Munz syn. Lotus argophyllus var. niveus 14    Varietas  niveus (Greene) Ottley common name: Santa Cruz Island silverhosack 15    Subspecies  ornithopus (Greene) Raven syn. Lotus argophyllus var. argenteus 16    Varietas  ornithopus (Greene) Ottley syn. Lotus argophyllus var. argenteus
17	Species  argyraeus (Greene) Greene
	18    Varietas  argyraeus common name: canyon bird's-foot trefoil 19    Subspecies  multicaulis (Ottley) Munz syn. Lotus argyraeus var. multicaulis 20    Varietas  multicaulis (Ottley) Isely common name: canyon bird's-foot trefoil 21    Varietas  notitius Isely common name: canyon bird's-foot trefoil
22	Species  balsamiferus (Kellogg) Greene syn. Lotus stipularis var. stipularis
23	Species  benthamii Greene common name: Bentham's broom
24	Species  biolettii Greene
	25    Varietas  spiralis Hoover syn. Lotus junceus var. junceus
26	Species  corniculatus L.
	27    Varietas  arvensis (Schkuhr) Ser. ex DC. syn. Lotus corniculatus 28    Varietas  tenuifolius L. syn. Lotus tenuis
29	Species  crassifolius (Benth.) Greene
	30    Varietas  crassifolius common name: big deervetch 31    Varietas  otayensis Moran ex Isely common name: big deervetch 32    Varietas  subglaber (Ottley) C.L. Hitchc. syn. Lotus aboriginus
33	Species  cupreus Greene syn. Lotus oblongifolius var. cupreus
34	Species  davidsonii Greene syn. Lotus nevadensis var. davidsonii
35	Species  dendroideus (Greene) Greene
	36    Varietas  dendroideus common name: island broom 37    Varietas  traskiae (Eastw. ex Noddin) Isely common name: Trask's island broom 38    Varietas  veatchii (Greene) Isely common name: Veatch's island broom
39	Species  denticulatus (E. Drew) Greene common name: riverbar bird's-foot trefoil
40	Species  douglasii Greene
	41    Varietas  nevadensis (S. Wats.) Ottley syn. Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis
42	Species  eriophorus Greene syn. Lotus heermannii var. orbicularis
43	Species  formosissimus Greene common name: seaside bird's-foot trefoil
44	Species  grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene
	45    Varietas  grandiflorus common name: chaparral bird's-foot trefoil 46    Varietas  macranthus (Greene) Isely common name: chaparral bird's-foot trefoil 47    Varietas  mutabilis Ottley syn. Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus
48	Species  greenei Ottley ex Kearney & Peebles common name: Greene's bird's-foot trefoil
49	Species  hamatus Greene common name: San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
50	Species  haydonii (Orcutt) Greene common name: rock bird's-foot trefoil
51	Species  heermannii (Dur. & Hilg.) Greene
	52    Varietas  eriophorus (Greene) Ottley syn. Lotus heermannii var. orbicularis 53    Varietas  heermannii common name: Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil 54    Varietas  orbicularis (Gray) Isely common name: Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil
55	Species  helleri Britt. syn. Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri
56	Species  humistratus Greene common name: foothill deervetch, lotus
57	Species  incanus (Torr.) Greene common name: woolly bird's-foot trefoil
58	Species  intricatus Eastw. common name: arid bird's-foot trefoil
59	Species  junceus (Benth.) Greene
	60    Varietas  biolettii (Greene) Ottley common name: Biolett's rush broom 61    Varietas  junceus common name: rush broom
62	Species  longebracteatus Rydb. syn. Lotus plebeius
63	Species  macranthus Greene syn. Lotus grandiflorus var. macranthus
64	Species  mearnsii (Britt.) Greene
	65    Varietas  equisolensis J.L. Anderson common name: Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil 66    Varietas  mearnsii common name: Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil
67	Species  micranthus Benth. common name: desert deervetch, small flowered lotus
68	Species  neoincanus Munz syn. Lotus incanus
69	Species  neomexicanus Greene syn. Lotus plebeius
70	Species  nevadensis (S. Wats.) Greene
	71    Varietas  davidsonii (Greene) Isely common name: Davidson's bird's-foot trefoil 72    Varietas  douglasii (Greene) Ottley common name: Douglas' bird's-foot trefoil 73    Varietas  nevadensis common name: Nevada bird's-foot trefoil
74	Species  niveus Greene syn. Lotus argophyllus var. niveus
75	Species  nuttallianus Greene common name: wire bird's-foot trefoil
76	Species  oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene
	77    Varietas  cupreus (Greene) Ottley common name: streambank bird's-foot trefoil 78    Varietas  nevadensis (Gray) Munz syn. Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius 79    Varietas  oblongifolius common name: streambank bird's-foot trefoil 80    Varietas  torreyi (Gray) Ottley syn. Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
81	Species  oroboides (Kunth) Ottley
	82    Varietas  nanus (Gray) Isely syn. Lotus plebeius 83    Varietas  nummularius (M.E. Jones) Isely syn. Lotus plebeius
84	Species  parviflorus Desf. common name: smallflower bird's-foot trefoil
85	Species  pedunculatus Cav. common name: big trefoil
86	Species  pinnatus Hook. common name: meadow bird's-foot trefoil
87	Species  plebeius (Brand) Barneby common name: New Mexico bird's-foot trefoil
88	Species  procumbens (Greene) Greene
	89    Varietas  jepsonii (Ottley) Ottley common name: Jepson's deerweed 90    Varietas  procumbens common name: silky deerweed
91	Species  purshianus F.E. & E.G. Clem. common name: Spanish lotus
	92    Varietas  glaber (Nutt.) Munz syn. Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus 93    Varietas  helleri (Britt.) Isely syn. Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri
94	Species  rigidus (Benth.) Greene common name: shrubby deervetch
95	Species  rubellus (Nutt.) Greene syn. Lotus strigosus var. strigosus
96	Species  rubriflorus H.K. Sharsmith common name: redflower bird's-foot trefoil
97	Species  salsuginosus Greene
	98    Subspecies  brevivexillus (Ottley) Munz syn. Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus 99    Varietas  brevivexillus Ottley common name: coastal bird's-foot trefoil 100    Varietas  salsuginosus common name: coastal bird's-foot trefoil
101	Species  scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley common name: birds foot trefoil
	102    Subspecies  brevialatus (Ottley) Munz syn. Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus 103    Varietas  brevialatus Ottley common name: western bird's-foot trefoil 104    Varietas  dendroideus (Greene) Ottley syn. Lotus dendroideus var. dendroideus 105    Varietas  perplexans Hoover p.p. syn. Lotus benthamii 106    Varietas  scoparius common name: common deerweed 107    Subspecies  traskiae (Eastw. ex Noddin) Raven syn. Lotus dendroideus var. traskiae 108    Varietas  veatchii (Greene) Ottley syn. Lotus dendroideus var. veatchii
109	Species  sericeus Pursh, non Moench syn. Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus
110	Species  stipularis (Benth.) Greene
	111    Varietas  ottleyi Isely common name: Ottley's bird's-foot trefoil 112    Varietas  stipularis common name: balsam bird's-foot trefoil 113    Varietas  subglaber Ottley syn. Lotus aboriginus
114	Species  strigosus (Nutt.) Greene
	115    Varietas  hirtellus (Greene) Ottley common name: strigose bird's-foot trefoil 116    Varietas  strigosus common name: strigose bird's-foot trefoil 117    Varietas  tomentellus (Greene) Isely common name: strigose bird's-foot trefoil
118	Species  subbiflorus Lag. common name: hairy bird's-foot trefoil
119	Species  subpinnatus auct. non Lag. syn. Lotus wrangelianus common name: hill lotus
120	Species  tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. common name: narrowleaf bird's-foot trefoil
121	Species  tetragonolobus L. syn. Tetragonolobus purpureus common name: asparagus pea, winged pea, winged bean, Manila bean, goa bean
122	Species  tomentellus Greene syn. Lotus strigosus var. tomentellus
123	Species  torreyi (Gray) Greene syn. Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
124	Species  uliginosus Schkuhr syn. Lotus pedunculatus
125	Species  unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth.
	126    Varietas  helleri (Britt.) Kartesz & Gandhi common name: Heller's bird's-foot trefoil 127    Varietas  unifoliolatus common name: American bird's-foot trefoil
128	Species  utahensis Ottley common name: Utah bird's-foot trefoil
129	Species  wrangelianus Fisch. & C.A. Mey. common name: Chilean bird's-foot trefoil
130	Species  wrightii (Gray) Greene common name: Wright's deervetch
131	Species  x nummularius (M.E. Jones) Tidestrom syn. Lotus plebeius
132	Species  yollabolliensis Munz common name: Yolla Bolly bird's-foot trefoil

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.