Leobordea platycarpa

Leobordea platycarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Papilionoideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Leobordea
Species: L. platycarpa
Binomial name
Leobordea platycarpa
(Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.[1]
Synonyms
  • Amphinomia dinteri (Schinz) A.Schreib
  • Amphinomia lotoidea (Delile) Maire
  • Amphinomia platycarpa (Viv.) Cufod.
  • Amphinomia steingroeveriana (Schinz) A.Schreib.
  • Capnitis clandestina E.Mey.
  • Capnitis porrecta E.Mey.[2]
  • Leobordea abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Leobordea lotoidea Delile
  • Leobordea persica Jaub. & Spach
  • Lotononis abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kotschy
  • Lotononis carinalis Harv.
  • Lotononis clandestina (E.Mey.) Benth.
    • var. clandestina (E.Mey.) Benth.
    • var. steingroeveriana Schinz
  • Lotononis dichotoma (Delile) Boiss.
  • Lotononis dinteri Schinz
  • Lotononis leobordea Benth.
  • Lotononis lotoidea (Delile) Batt.
  • Lotononis persica (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
  • Lotononis platycarpa (Viv.) Pic.Serm.
  • Lotononis porrecta (E.Mey.) Benth.
  • Lotononis sphaerocarpa Boiss.
  • Lotononis steingroeveriana (Schinz) Dummer
  • Lotus dichotomus Delile ex Walp.
  • Lotus platycarpa Viv.
  • Lotus platycarpos Viv.

Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.[3]

Distribution

Recorded growing at altitudes of 900 metres (3,000 ft) to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) L. playcarpa makes its home in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.[3]

Native
Palearctic:
Macaronesia: Cape Verde
Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
Afrotropic:
Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic, Zaire
South Tropical Africa: Angola, Zimbabwe
Southern Africa: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa - Cape Province, Orange Free State, Transvaal
Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius
Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Western Asia: Iran, Israel, Syria
Indomalaya:
Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan

References

  1. ↑ Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk B-E. (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon 60 (1): 161–77.
  2. ↑ "Lotononis platycarpa (Viv.) Pic.Serm. record n° 68978" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  3. 1 2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. "efloras results for Leobordea latycarpa (as Lotononis latycarpa)" (HTML). Flora Zambesiaca. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-04-26.

External links

Data related to Leobordea platycarpa at Wikispecies

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