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Lotus L.

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Lotus L., Sp. Pl. 773 (1753)
Lotus L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
1753
773
ICN
Lotus L.
genus
Lotus

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Lotus

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Lotus L.

Annual to perennial, procumbent to erect herbs or rarely subshrubs. Lvs pinnately 5-foliolate (rarely 4-foliolate but not in N.Z. spp.); leaflets entire; principal lateral veins conspicuous or not; stipules minute or 0. Infls axillary, usually umbellate, 1-many-flowered; bracts often 3-foliolate, subtending umbels; bracteoles usually 0. Calyx teeth 5, subequal or lower longer, rarely connate into 2 lips. Corolla deciduous. Vexillary filament free, the remainder connate; anthers uniform. Style glabrous; stigma terminal or lateral. Pod 2-valved, straight or slightly curved, dehiscent, not armed, many-seeded; seeds estrophiolate, smooth and rounded in N.Z. spp.

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Lotus L.
Australia
Victoria
Lotus L.
France
Lotus L.
Nepal
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Lotus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Lotus L.
Sweden
Lotus L.
United Kingdom

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37231571-da34-4acf-bd3d-e9d2e3a0e0b2
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 July 2006
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