Lotononis

Lotononis
Lotononis galpinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Lotononis
(DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
Type species
Lotononis prostrata
(L.) Benth.
Species[1]

99; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amphinomia DC. (1825)
  • Aulacinthus E.Mey. (1836)
  • Buchenroedera Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835)
  • Capnitis E.Mey. (1836)
  • Colobotus E.Mey. (1836)
  • Krebsia Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Lapasathus C.Presl (1845)
  • Leptidium C.Presl (1845), nom. superfl.
  • Leptis E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Lipozygis E.Mey. (1836)
  • Polylobium Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Telina E.Mey. (1836)
Lotononis sp.

Lotononis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. The genus includes 99 species of annual and perennial herbs, native to the southeastern Europe (Greece and Bulgaria) and Turkey, eastern Africa (Ethiopia to Malawi), and southern Africa (Angola and Zimbabwe to South Africa).[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2023.