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 corniculatus

Fabaceae Lindl.

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

Lotus corniculatus L.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

:

775

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in Europa."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony.

Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly

:

13

[secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1

:

400

[secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay.

The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae

:

xcv.

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

:

188

BHL

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875.

Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

:

78

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

38

[secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora

:

39

BHL

[secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

121

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

136

[secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1

:

126, 199

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

315

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

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

Flora of South Australia

:

461

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1

:

159

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

:

190

[secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

:

228

[secondary reference]

common name:

Birdsfoot Trefoil

[n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2

:

297

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

162

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

730

[secondary reference]

common name:

Birdsfoot Trefoil

[n/a]

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

:

124

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lotus corniculatus var. hirsutus W.D.J.Koch

nom. illeg.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

287-288, Fig. 47B

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

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

Flora of New South Wales

:

444

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lotus corniculatus var. hirsutus W.D.J.Koch

nom. illeg.

common name:

Birds-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

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

Flora of Victoria

:

703

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bird's-foot Trefoil

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Lotus corniculata L.

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Lotus major Scop.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lotus corniculatus var. hirsutus W.D.J.Koch

nom. illeg.

APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in NSW.
APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (formerly naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr legitimate by

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

Flora of South Australia

Edn. 2, 2

: 461

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lotus preslii Ten. legitimate by

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

Flora of South Australia

Edn. 2, 2

: 461

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

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr legitimate by

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

Flora of South Australia

Edn. 2, 2

: 461

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