Lotononis

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Lotononis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. The genus includes 99 species of annual and perennial herbs, native to the southeastern Europe (Greece and Bulgaria) and Turkey, eastern Africa (Ethiopia to Malawi), and southern Africa (Angola and Zimbabwe to South Africa).[1]

Lotononis
Lotononis galpinii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Lotononis
(DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
Type species
Lotononis prostrata
(L.) Benth.
Species[1]

99; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amphinomia DC. (1825)
  • Aulacinthus E.Mey. (1836)
  • Buchenroedera Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835)
  • Capnitis E.Mey. (1836)
  • Colobotus E.Mey. (1836)
  • Krebsia Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Lapasathus C.Presl (1845)
  • Leptidium C.Presl (1845), nom. superfl.
  • Leptis E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Lipozygis E.Mey. (1836)
  • Polylobium Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Telina E.Mey. (1836)
Lotononis sp.

Species

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Several species were recently transferred from Lotononis to four new or restored genera (Euchlora, Ezoloba, Leobordea, and Listia).[2] The species retained in Lotononis are:[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk BE (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon. 60 (1): 161–77. doi:10.1002/tax.601014.
  3. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Lotononis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Lotononis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  5. ^ Some sources treat Lotononis listii as a synonym of Listia heterophylla.
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