Lotus crassifolius information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene

Genus: Lotus
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Loteae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 405980
Place of publication: Pittonia 2:147. 1890
Name verified on: 30-Oct-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Mar-2010
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 8 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

Otay Mountain lotus (Source: F CalifJep ) – English [Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis]

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w. & s.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lotus crassifolius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lotus crassifolius.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lotus crassifolius.

Synonyms:

Hosackia crassifolia Benth. [≡ Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius]

Check other web resources for Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
GRIN nodulation data

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?405980 (22 May 2013)

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