Lotus glaber Mill. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Lotus glaber Mill.

Synonym of Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.

Summary

Genus:

Lotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Loteae

Nomen number:

319764

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Lotus no. 3 "glabrus", errata. 1768, nom. utique rej.

Comment:

a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under Melbourne ICN Art. 56 & App. V that is unavailable for use

Verified:

11/04/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

249 (223 active, 114 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

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Reference(s)

Brand, A. 1898. Monographie der Gattung Lotus. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25:212.
Brummitt, R. K. 2005. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54:1094.
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Eriksson, J. 1874. Studier öfver leguminosernas rotknölar. Acta Univ. Lund. 10(8):1-30.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1995. (1165) Proposal to reject the name Lotus glaber Mill. (Leguminosae). Taxon 44:423-424.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1999. Lotus systematics and distribution. Special Publ. Crop Sci. Soc. Amer. 28:11.
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 2006. The scientific name of narrow-leaf trefoil. Crop Sci. (Madison) 46:2169-2170.
Lassen, P. 1987. Lotus. In: W. Greuter & T. Raus (eds.), Med-Checklist notulae, 14. Willdenowia 16:444.
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998

Common names

Distribution

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=319764. Accessed 17 July 2025.