Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Lotus angustissimus

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Lotus(gen.)
angustissimus(sp.)

Lotus angustissimus L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

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774

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in G. Narbonensi."

Gardner, C.A. (1925), List of the naturalised plants of extra-tropical Western Australia.

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

:

76

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

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461

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

248-249

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

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124

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

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97

[secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales.

Plant Protection Quarterly

:

139

[secondary reference]

common name:

Narrowleaf trefoil

[n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

279

[secondary reference]

common name:

Narrowleaf Trefoil

[n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lotus.

Flora of New South Wales

:

445

[secondary reference]

common name:

Slender Birds-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

187-188

[secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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702, Fig. 142d

[secondary reference]

common name:

Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lotus.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

612

[secondary reference]

common name:

Slender Birds-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons.

Flora of the South West

:

764

[secondary reference]

common name:

Narrowleaf Trefoil

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2

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304

[secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

45

[secondary reference]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania.

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44

BHL

[secondary reference]

common name:

narrowleaf trefoil

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)