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The genus Lotus (Bird's-foot Trefoil, Trefoil or Deervetch) contains approximately 150 species distributed world-wide. Lotus is a legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats from coastal environments to high altitudes. Most species have leaves with three leaflets, but also two large stipules at the base roughly equal in size to the leaflets, thus appearing to have five leaflets; some species have pinnate leaves with up to 15 leaflets. The flowers are in clusters of 3-10 together at the apex of a stem with some basal leafy bracts, pea-flower shaped, vivid yellow or orange, occasionally red. Lotus uliginosus flowers Photo by Forest & Kim Starr File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum...
Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ...
Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ...
Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ...
Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ...
Tribes Abreae Adesmieae Aeschynomeneae Amorpheae Bossiaeeae Brongniartieae Carmichaelieae Cicereae Crotalarieae Dalbergieae Desmodieae Dipterygeae Euchresteae Galegeae Genisteae Hedysareae Indigofereae Liparieae Loteae Millettieae Mirbelieae Phaseoleae Podalyrieae Psoraleeae Robinieae Sophoreae Swartzieae Thermopsideae Trifolieae Vicieae Genera See text The Subfamily Faboideae is in the flowering plant family, Fabaceae. ...
Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ...
In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...
The lanceolate-linear, paired stipules of Hibiscus kokio In botany, stipule refers to outgrowths borne on either side of the base of a leafstalk (or petiole). ...
Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ...
Toothed bracts on Rhinanthus minor In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, from the axil of which a flower or flower stalk arises; or a bract may be any leaf associated with an inflorescence. ...
Binomial name Pisum sativum L. A pea is the small, edible round green bean which grows in a pod on the leguminous vine Pisum sativum. ...
Lotus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Flame, Lime-speck Pug, Northern Deep-brown Dart and Six-spot Burnet. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About...
Binomial name Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761 The Flame (Axylia putris) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...
Binomial name Eupithecia centaureata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ...
Binomial name Aporophyla lueneburgensis Freyer, 1848 The Northern Deep-brown Dart (Aporophyla lueneburgensis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...
Binomial name Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus, 1758) Six-spot Burnet (Zygaenidae filipendula) The Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae. ...
- Species
- Lotus aboriginus - Rosy Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus alamosanus - Sonoran Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus angustissimus - Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus argophyllus - Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus argyraeus - Canyon Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus benthamii - Bentham's Deervetch
- Lotus berthelotii - Canary Islands Trefoil
- Lotus corniculatus - Common Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus crassifolius - Big Deervetch
- Lotus creticus
- Lotus dendroideus - Island Deervetch
- Lotus denticulatus - Riverbar Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus formosissimus - Seaside Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus glaber - Narrow-leaf Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus grandiflorus - Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus greenei - Greene's Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus hamatus - San Diego Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus haydonii - Rock Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus heermannii - Heermann's Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus humistratus - Foothill Deervetch
- Lotus incanus - Woolly Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus intricatus - Arid Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus jacobaeus
- Lotus japonicus
- Lotus junceus - Rush Deervetch
- Lotus maritimus
- Lotus mearnsii - Mearns' Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus micranthus - Desert Deervetch
- Lotus nevadensis - Nevada Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus nuttallianus - Wire Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus oblongifolius - Streambank Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus ornithopoides
- Lotus palustris
- Lotus parviflorus - Smallflower Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus pedunculatus - Big Trefoil
- Lotus pinnatus - Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus plebeius - New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus procumbens - Silky Deerweed
- Lotus rigidus - Shrubby Deervetch
- Lotus rubriflorus - Redflower Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus salsuginosus - Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus scoparius - Common Deerweed
- Lotus sessilifolius
- Lotus stipularis - Balsam Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus strigosus - Strigose Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus suaveolens - Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus subbiflorus - Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus tenuis - Narrowleaf Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus tetragonolobus - Winged Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus unifoliolatus - American Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus uliginosus - Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus utahensis - Utah Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus wrangelianus - Chilean Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lotus wrightii - Wright's Deervetch
- Lotus yollabolliensis - Yolla Bolly Bird's-foot Trefoil
Binomial name Lotus berthelotii Lotus berthelotii is a perennial plant. ...
Binomial name Lotus corniculatus L. Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland habitats in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. ...
Binomial name Lotus glaber Mill. ...
Binomial name Lotus Pedunculatus Cav. ...
Binomial name Lotus scoparius (Nutt. ...
Binomial name Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr. ...
Uses Several species are culvivated for forage, including L. corniculatus, L. glaber and L. uliginosus. Scentific research for crop improvement and understanding the general biology of the genus is focused on L. japonicus which is currently the subject of a full genome sequencing project, and is considered a model organism. Lotus corniculatus pasture Image Number K2610-10 Birdsfoot trefoil contains tannin, a natural antibloating compound. ...
Lotus corniculatus pasture Image Number K2610-10 Birdsfoot trefoil contains tannin, a natural antibloating compound. ...
Pastureland Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulates as part of a farm or ranch. ...
Forage is the herbaceous plant material (mainly grasses and legumes) eaten by grazing animals. ...
A model organism is a species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. ...
They can produce toxic cyanogenic glycosides which can be potentially toxic to livestock, but also produce tannins which are a beneficial anti-bloating compound. A cyanide is any chemical compound that contains the cyano group C≡N, with the carbon atom triple-bonded to the nitrogen atom. ...
Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...
Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ...
This article is about the canine medical condition. ...
Some species, such as L. berthelotii from the Canary Islands, are grown as ornamental plants. L. corniculatus is an invasive species in some regions of North America and Australia. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
It has been suggested that Invasive plants be merged into this article or section. ...
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