Lotus divaricatus

Lotus divaricatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
L. divaricatus
Binomial name
Lotus divaricatus
Boiss.

Lotus divaricatus is a plant in the genus Lotus native from E. Aegean Islands to W. Türkiye. [1]

Associations

This species has been found with the Mesorhizobium jarvisii, which is a fungus native to New Zealand.[2]

Places introduced

This species has been introduced to New Zealand, and is kept as a forage crop in the Australian Pastures Seed Bank.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Lotus divaricatus Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  2. ^ "Lotus divaricatus Boiss". 17 January 2025.
  3. ^ Kelly, Simon; Sullivan, John; Ronson, Clive; Tian, Rui; Bräu, Lambert; Davenport, Karen; Daligault, Hajnalka; Erkkila, Tracy; Goodwin, Lynne; Gu, Wei; Munk, Christine; Teshima, Hazuki; Xu, Yan; Chain, Patrick; Woyke, Tanja (2014). "Genome sequence of the Lotus spp. microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti strain NZP2037". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9 (1) 7. Bibcode:2014SGenS...9....7K. doi:10.1186/1944-3277-9-7. ISSN 1944-3277. PMC 4334872. PMID 25780500.
  4. ^ "Lotus divaricatus Sol. ex Buch GRIN-Global". apg.pir.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-12-16.