Species: Lotus unifoliolatus
American Bird's-foot-trefoil
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lotus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
American bird's-foot trefoil
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Pea Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Fabales - Fabaceae - Lotus - Kartesz (1994 checklist) uses the older name Lotus unifoliolatus for the plants commonly called Lotus purshianus (and in older works, sometimes called Lotus americanus); he also includes here, as var. helleri, the plants otherwise known as the distinct species Lotus helleri.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1994-11-03
Global Status Last Changed
1994-11-03
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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