Leobordea platycarpa

Leobordea platycarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Leobordea
Species:	L. platycarpa
Binomial name
Leobordea platycarpa (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.[1]
Synonyms
Amphinomia dinteri(Schinz) A.Schreib Amphinomia lotoidea(Delile) Maire Amphinomia platycarpa(Viv.) Cufod. Amphinomia steingroeveriana(Schinz) A.Schreib. Capnitis clandestinaE.Mey. Capnitis porrectaE.Mey.[2] Leobordea abyssinicaHochst. ex A.Rich. Leobordea lotoideaDelile Leobordea persicaJaub. & Spach Lotononis abyssinica(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kotschy Lotononis carinalis Harv. Lotononis clandestina(E.Mey.) Benth. var. clandestina(E.Mey.) Benth. var. steingroeverianaSchinz Lotononis dichotoma(Delile) Boiss. Lotononis dinteriSchinz Lotononis leobordeaBenth. Lotononis lotoidea(Delile) Batt. Lotononis persica(Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. Lotononis platycarpa(Viv.) Pic.Serm. Lotononis porrecta(E.Mey.) Benth. Lotononis sphaerocarpaBoiss. Lotononis steingroeveriana(Schinz) Dummer Lotus dichotomusDelile ex Walp. Lotus platycarpaViv. Lotus platycarposViv.

Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.^[3]

Distribution

Recorded growing at altitudes of 900 metres (3,000 ft) to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) L. playcarpa makes its home in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.^[3]

Native

Palearctic:

Macaronesia: Cape Verde

Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco

Afrotropic:

Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic, Zaire

South Tropical Africa: Angola, Zimbabwe

Southern Africa: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, Transvaal

Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius

Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Western Asia: Iran, Israel, Syria

Indomalaya:

Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan

References

1. Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk BE (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon. 60 (1): 161–77. doi:10.1002/tax.601014.
2. "Lotononis platycarpa (Viv.) Pic.Serm. record n° 68978". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. "efloras results for Leobordea latycarpa (as Lotononis latycarpa)". Flora Zambesiaca. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-04-26.

External links

Data related to Leobordea platycarpa at Wikispecies