Dorycnium

Dorycnium
Dorycnium pentaphyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Dorycnium
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Dorycnium is a genus of twelve accepted[1] species in the pea family, from the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. It is related to (the Old World parts of) Lotus and Tetragonolobus,[1] both of which have sometimes been classified as part of Lotus.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Allan, G. J.; Porter, J. Mark (2000), "Tribal delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of Loteae and Coronilleae (Faboideae: Fabaceae) with special reference to Lotus: evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences", American Journal of Botany 87 (12): 1871–1881, doi:10.2307/2656839, JSTOR 2656839, PMID 11118424


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