Lotus discolor E. Mey. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Lotus discolor E. Mey.

Summary

Genus:

Lotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Loteae

Nomen number:

22707

Place of publication:

E. H. F. Meyer & J. F. Drège, Comm. pl. Afr. austr. 92. 1836

Verified:

06/27/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Lotus discolor E. Mey. subsp. mollis J. B. Gillett (0 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Lotus brandianus Harms
Lotus tigrensis Baker

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Reference(s)

Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
Grobbelaar, N. & B. Clarke. 1975. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species. List 3. J. S. African Bot. 41(1):29-36.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Zaire

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=22707. Accessed 20 July 2025.