Lotus corniculatus85000001 The Euro+Med Plantbase Project
Details for: Lotus corniculatus
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Lotus corniculatus L.
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Loteae
                                        Genus - Lotus L.
                                            
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Synonyms: Lotus ambiguus Spreng.
Lotus arvensis Pers.
Lotus balticus Miniaev
Lotus carpetanus Lacaita
Lotus caucasicus Kuprian.
Lotus komarovii Miniaev
Lotus major Scop. (provisional)
Lotus olgae Klokov
Lotus ruprechtii Miniaev
Lotus tauricus Juz.
Lotus zhegulensis Klokov
Lotus corniculatus var. crassifolia Fr.
Lotus corniculatus var. kochii Chrtkova
Lotus corniculatus var. maritimus Rupr.
Misapplied names: "Lotus ciliatus" sec. Schur.
Included taxa: Lotus corniculatus subsp. frondosus Freyn
 
Comments: Alien to Arkhangelsk Province: Konosha village in southern area, Chrtkova-Zertova recognises four subspecies., Chuvashskie Atary & Mari Lugovaya villages in Zvenigorodski Distr. - V., Closely related to L. catalaunicus, Closely related to L. caucasicus & L. corniculatus, Closely related to L. corniculatus, Closely related to L. corniculatus, and can be regarded as its synonym, Closely related to L. zhegulensis, Doubtfully present in Libya, Malta, East Aegean Is. & Turkey in Europe, Endemic to Crimea, Endemic to Eastern European Province by A.L.Takhtajan, Highly variable, In Crimea occurs in Crimean Yaila (mountain steppe) & Kerch Peninsula, in Kuibyshev Distr. - V.Papchenkov, 1988), L.ucrainicus is thus excluded from the synonymy of L.corniculatus., Leningrad Province: coast of Finland Gulf, Sur-Sari & Kotlin Isl., Mari: Kazin, Kushnikovski & Urakovski Islands in Kuibyshev Reservoir,, Papchenkov, 1988, Reported in error for Portugal & Balearic Is., Tataria: Bolshoi Bolgarski Island in Kuibyshev Reservoir & Rzhavetz village, The type of L.ucrainicus Klokov is a hybrid btwn L.stepposus & L.corniculatus., Townsend recognises two varieties [1862]
Common names: Birdsfoot Trefoil (), Birds-foot Trefoil (), Buinuzlu Gurdotu (Azerbaijan), Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil (English), conejito del campo (Spanish, Castillian), cornacho (Spanish, Castillian), cornajuelos (Spanish, Castillian), Cornichao (Portuguese), cornichâo (Portuguese), corniños (Galician), corona de rei (Catalan), corona de rei (Majorcan), corona de rei (Spanish, Castillian), corona de rey (Spanish, Castillian), cuernecillo (Aragonese), cuernecillo (Spanish, Castillian), cuernecillo del campo (Spanish, Castillian), cuernecillos (Spanish, Castillian), cuernitos (Spanish, Castillian), Ekhdzherarvuit (Armenian), flor de gallina (Asturian), Gafgaz Gurdotu (Azerbaijan), Gemeiner Hornklee (German), Ghizdei Marunt (Roumanian), Ginestrina (Italian), guixa rastrera (Aragonese), guixa rastrera (High Aragonese), Harilik Noiahammas (Estonian), irucurustea (Euskera), Karingtand (Swedish), Keltamaite (Finnish), Komonica Zwycrajna (Polish), Kurdglisprchkhila (Georgian), Kurdlis Prukhila (Georgian), lot corniculat (Catalan), loteiro ordinario (Portuguese), Lotier Cornicule (French), loto (Galician), loto (Portuguese), loto (Spanish, Castillian), loto corniculado (Spanish, Castillian), Lyadvenetz Baltiiski (Russian), Lyadvenetz Kavkazski (Russian), Lyadvenetz Komarova (Russian), Lyadvenetz Krymski (Russian), Lyadvenetz Olgi (Russian), Lyadvenetz Polevoi (Russian), Lyadvenetz Rogatyi (Russian), Lyadvenetz Ruprekhta (Russian), Lyadvenetz Somnitelnyi (Russian), Lyadvenetz Zhigulevski (Russian), mendiko usobelar (Euskera), Palyavaya Akatzyya (Belarusian), Paprastasis Garzdenis (Lithuanian), pé de Xesús (Galician), pie de gallo amarillo (Spanish, Castillian), pie de gallo azul (Spanish, Castillian), pie de gallo morado (Spanish, Castillian), Pied-de-poule (French), Ragaine Vanagnadzini (Latvian), Rutvitza Ragataya (Belarusian), trébol amarillo (Aragonese), trébol cuernecillo (Spanish, Castillian), trébol de cuernos (Spanish, Castillian), trébol silvestre (Spanish, Castillian), trevo de cornos (Galician), Tryzaouka (Belarusian), zapateru (Asturian), zapaticos del Niño Jesús (Spanish, Castillian), zapatinos de la Virgen (Asturian), zapatinos de la virxen (Asturian), Zayachchy Bratki (Belarusian), zoco de noiva (Galician)[Credits]
Conservation Status: Rare
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Ab(A N) dAE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az Be(B) Bl Br Bu By Co Cr Cz Da Eg Es Fa Fe Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu It Ju La dLS Lt Lu Ma Mo No Po Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa dSi(M) Si(S) Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Is Rf(C E S)]
Use: Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage