Leobordea platycarpos (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Leobordea platycarpos (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Summary

Genus:

Leobordea

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Crotalarieae

Nomen number:

465223

Place of publication:

Taxon 60:173. 2011 "platycarpa"

Verified:

05/11/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Lotus platycarpos Viv.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Lotononis leobordea Benth.
Lotononis platycarpos (Viv.) Pic. Serm.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Lotononis clandestina (E. Mey.) Benth. var. steingroeveriana Schinz
Lotononis steingroeveriana (Schinz) Dummer

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Reference(s)

Boatwright, J. S. et al. 2011. The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba. Taxon 60:161-177.
Le Roux, M. M. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 2012. The systematic value of flower structure in Crotalaria and related genera of the tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae). Flora
van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Cape Verde
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Djibouti
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Cape Province
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Qatar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, Transvaal]
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Israel, Syria

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=465223. Accessed 19 July 2025.