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Fabaceae

Lotus

Lotus chevalieri Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte

First published in Int. J. Geobot. Res. 7: 21 (2017)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Cape Verde. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Cape Verde

Homotypic Synonyms

Lotus bollei var. argenteus A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 15: 965 (1935)
Lotus coronillifolius var. argenteus (A.Chev.) Sunding in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 2: 14 (1974)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Fabales

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Family
Fabaceae

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Genus
Lotus

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Species
Lotus chevalieri

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Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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