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Lotus (genus)

Index Lotus (genus)

Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (λωτός), is a genus that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed worldwide. [1]

88 relations: Acmispon, Acmispon argophyllus, Acmispon argyraeus, Acmispon brachycarpus, Acmispon denticulatus, Acmispon grandiflorus, Acmispon heermannii, Acmispon maritimus, Acmispon mearnsii, Acmispon parviflorus, Acmispon procumbens, Acmispon rubriflorus, Ancient Greek, Australia, Bract, Bradyrhizobium, Canary Islands, Carl Linnaeus, Clive A. Stace, Cover crop, Cyanide, Dorycnium, Dorycnium hirsutum, Flower, Fodder, Genus, Hosackia, Hosackia crassifolia, Hosackia incana, Hosackia oblongifolia, Hosackia pinnata, Hosackia rosea, Hosackia stipularis, Invasive species, Larva, Latinisation of names, Leaf, Leaflet (botany), Legume, Lepidoptera, List of Lepidoptera that feed on Lotus, Livestock, Lotus alpinus, Lotus australis, Lotus berthelotii, Lotus corniculatus, Lotus glaucus, Lotus glinoides, Lotus jacobaeus, Lotus japonicus, ..., Lotus mollis, Lotus ononopsis, Lotus pedunculatus, Lotus subbiflorus, Lotus tenellus, Lotus tenuis, Lotus tree, Mesorhizobium, Model organism, Molecular phylogenetics, Monophyly, Nelumbo nucifera, Nitrogen, North America, Ottleya, Ottleya wrightii, Pea, Petiole (botany), Root nodule, Ruminal tympany, Species, Stipule, Symbiosis, Syrmatium, Syrmatium cytisoides, Syrmatium decumbens, Syrmatium haydonii, Syrmatium junceum, Syrmatium micranthum, Syrmatium prostratum, Syrmatium veatchii, Tannin, Taxonomy (biology), Tetragonolobus, Tetragonolobus maritimus, Tetragonolobus purpureus, The Jepson Manual, Whole genome sequencing. Expand index (38 more) »

Acmispon

Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America.

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Acmispon argophyllus

Acmispon argophyllus, synonym Lotus argophyllus, is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico.

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Acmispon argyraeus

Acmispon argyraeus, synonym Lotus argyraeus, is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico.

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Acmispon brachycarpus

Acmispon brachycarpus (formerly Lotus humistratusJepson Manual, Vascular Plants of California, 2nd ed., 2012, p. 725) is a species of legume known by the common name foothill deervetch.

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Acmispon denticulatus

Acmispon denticulatus (previously Lotus denticulatus) is a species of legume known by the common name riverbar bird's-foot trefoil.

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Acmispon grandiflorus

Acmispon grandiflorus, synonym Lotus grandiflorus, is a species of legume native to western North America.

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Acmispon heermannii

Acmispon heermannii (formerly Lotus heermannii) is a species of legume (Fabaceae) known by the common names Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil and Heermann's lotus.

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Acmispon maritimus

Acmispon maritimus, synonym Lotus salsuginosus, is a species of legume native to Arizona, California and northwestern Mexico.

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Acmispon mearnsii

Acmispon mearnsii, synonym Lotus mearnsii, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family endemic to Arizona in the United States.

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Acmispon parviflorus

Acmispon parviflorus, synonym Lotus micranthus, is a species of legume.

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Acmispon procumbens

Acmispon procumbens, synonym Lotus procumbens, is a species of legume endemic to California.

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Acmispon rubriflorus

Acmispon rubriflorus, synonym Lotus rubriflorus, is a species of legume endemic to California.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.

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Bradyrhizobium

Bradyrhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria, many of which fix nitrogen.

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Canary Islands

The Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) is a Spanish archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco at the closest point.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Clive A. Stace

Clive Anthony Stace (born 1938) is a British botanist and botanical author.

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Cover crop

A cover crop is a crop planted primarily to manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife in an ''agroecosystem'' (Lu et al. 2000), an ecological system managed and largely shaped by humans across a range of intensities to produce food, feed, or fiber.

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Cyanide

A cyanide is a chemical compound that contains the group C≡N.

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Dorycnium

Dorycnium is a genus in the pea family, found in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.

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Dorycnium hirsutum

Dorycnium hirsutum, common name: canary clover or hairy canary-clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Fodder

Fodder, a type of animal feed, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Hosackia

Hosackia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes).

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Hosackia crassifolia

Hosackia crassifolia, synonym Lotus crassifolius, is a species of legume native to Washington, California and Oregon.

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Hosackia incana

Hosackia incana, synonym Lotus incanus, is a species of legume native to California.

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Hosackia oblongifolia

Hosackia oblongifolia, synonym Lotus oblongifolius, is a species of legume native to western North America from Oregon to northern Mexico.

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Hosackia pinnata

Hosackia pinnata, synonym Lotus pinnatus, is a species of legume native to western North America from British Columbia to California.

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Hosackia rosea

Hosackia rosea, synonym Lotus aboriginus, is a species of legume native to California.

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Hosackia stipularis

Hosackia stipularis, synonym Lotus stipularis, is a species of legume endemic to California.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Latinisation of names

Latinisation or Latinization is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name (or word) in a Latin style.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Leaflet (botany)

A leaflet (occasionally called foliole) in botany is a leaf-like part of a compound leaf.

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Legume

A legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae).

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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List of Lepidoptera that feed on Lotus

Birds-foot trefoils (Lotus species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:;Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Lotus.

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Livestock

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Lotus alpinus

Lotus alpinus, common name alpine bird's-foot trefoil, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.

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Lotus australis

Lotus australis, known by its common name of austral trefoil, is a small, spreading herb from the family of Fabaceae.

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Lotus berthelotii

Lotus berthelotii is a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands, in the genus Lotus.

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Lotus corniculatus

Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grassland in temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

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Lotus glaucus

Lotus glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Madeira and the Salvage Islands.

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Lotus glinoides

Lotus glinoides is a dwarf annual with retuse leaflets and pinkish purple flowers.

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Lotus jacobaeus

Lotus jacobaeus (names: Cape Verde lotus, Sant'Iago lotus, Santiago lotus and the Santiago Island lotus) is a species of lotus flowering plant that belongs to the Fabaceae family.

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Lotus japonicus

Lotus japonicus is a wild legume that belongs to family Fabaceae.

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Lotus mollis

Lotus mollis is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.

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Lotus ononopsis

Lotus ononopsis is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.

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Lotus pedunculatus

Lotus pedunculatus (formerly Lotus uliginosus), the big trefoil, greater bird's-foot-trefoil or marsh bird's-foot trefoil, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae).

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Lotus subbiflorus

Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil, is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.

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Lotus tenellus

Lotus tenellus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Canary Islands.

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Lotus tenuis

Lotus tenuis is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western and southern Europe and southwest Asia.

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Lotus tree

The lotus tree (translit) is a plant that is referred to in stories from Greek and Roman mythology.

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Mesorhizobium

Mesorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria.

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Model organism

A model organism is a non-human 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.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominately in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Monophyly

In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

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Nelumbo nucifera

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Ottleya

Ottleya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes).

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Ottleya wrightii

Ottleya wrightii, synonym Lotus wrightii, is a species of legume native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah).

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Pea

The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum.

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Petiole (botany)

In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.

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Root nodule

Root nodules occur on the roots of plants (primarily Fabaceae) that associate with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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Ruminal tympany

Ruminal tympany, also known as bloat, is a disease of ruminant animals, characterized by an excessive volume of gas in the rumen.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stipule

In botany, stipule (Latin stipula: straw, stalk) is a term coined by LinnaeusConcise English Dictionary Wordsworth Editions Ltd.

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Symbiosis

Symbiosis (from Greek συμβίωσις "living together", from σύν "together" and βίωσις "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.

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Syrmatium

Syrmatium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes).

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Syrmatium cytisoides

Syrmatium cytisoides, synonyms Lotus benthamii and Acmispon cytisoides, is a species of legume native to California.

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Syrmatium decumbens

Syrmatium decumbens, synonyms Lotus nevadensis and Acmispon nevadensis, is a species of legume native to California.

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Syrmatium haydonii

Syrmatium haydonii, synonyms Lotus haydonii and Acmispon haydonii, is a species of legume native to California.

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Syrmatium junceum

Syrmatium junceum, synonyms Lotus junceus and Acmispon junceus, is a species of legume native to California.

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Syrmatium micranthum

Syrmatium micranthum, synonym Lotus hamatus and Acmispon micranthus, is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico.

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Syrmatium prostratum

Syrmatium prostratum, synonyms Lotus nuttallianus and Acmispon prostratus, is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico.

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Syrmatium veatchii

Syrmatium veatchii, synonyms Lotus dendroideus and Acmispon dendroideus, is a species of legume native to California.

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Tannin

Tannins (or tannoids) are a class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Tetragonolobus

Tripodion is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

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Tetragonolobus maritimus

Tetragonolobus maritimus, synonym Lotus maritimus, is a plant species in the legume family, native to Europe, Africa and temperate Asia.

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Tetragonolobus purpureus

Tetragonolobus purpureus, synonym Lotus tetragonolobus, known as asparagus-pea or winged pea, is an annual leguminous herb native to the countries around the Mediterranean, although introduced elsewhere.

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The Jepson Manual

The Jepson Manual is a flora of the vascular plants that are either native to or naturalized in California.

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Whole genome sequencing

Whole genome sequencing (also known as WGS, full genome sequencing, complete genome sequencing, or entire genome sequencing) is the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_(genus)

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