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Taxon:  Lotus halophilus Boiss. & Spruner



Summary
Genus:
Lotus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
100270
Place of publication:
Diagn. pl. orient. ser. 1, 2:37. 1843
Verified:
06/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (15  active, 11  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lotus pusillus Viv.
Lotus villosus Forssk.
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Chrtková-Žertová, A. 1968. The variability of critical species of Lotus L. in Iran and in the neighbouring countries II. Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3:100.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
  6. Hely, F. W. & I. Ofer. 1972. Nodulation and frequencies of wild leguminous species in the northern Negev region of Israel. Austral. J. Agric. Res. 23:267-284.
  7. Heyn, C. C. 1966. A study of the Lotus peregrinus group. Israel J. Bot. 15:42.
  8. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  9. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  10. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  11. Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,... economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). 1991
  12. Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
  13. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
  14. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  15. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  16. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  17. Täckholm, V. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
  18. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  20. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaQatar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy
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=100270. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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