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Canary-clovers
Dorycnium
Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (λωτός), is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed worldwide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legumes and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from coastal environments to high altitudes.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
prostrate Canary clover
speciesLotus dorycnium
Lotus herbaceus
speciesLotus herbaceus
Lotus germanicus
speciesLotus germanicus
Lotus graecus
speciesLotus graecus
Lotus fulgurans
speciesLotus fulgurans
Lotus jordanii
speciesLotus jordanii
Lotus sanguineus
speciesLotus sanguineus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.636
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.413
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.118
Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants
Dominicus Chabrae · 1678 · p.715
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.139
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1154429.