Fabaceae
Lotus

Lotus quinatus (Forssk.) J.B.Gillett

First published in Kew Bull. 13: 373 (1958 publ. 1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, Yemen. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate perennial, up to 50 cm long, appressed or spreading pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 4 mm long; leaflets 3–5, ± oblanceolate, up to 25 x 7 mm, the basal pair similar to the others
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels 2–6-flowered; peduncle shorter or longer than subtending leaf
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes more than 1.3 times as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white ± flushed pink, 7–8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
Ovules c. 17; style 3.3–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to c. 20 x 2 mm, glabrous.
Distribution
N1, 2 var. brachycarpus (Hochst. & Steud. ex A. Rich.) Gillett in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Ecology
Altitude range 950–2175 m.
Vernacular
Hiyab, man-adeh (Somali).
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0