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Lotus brandianus

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Isotype of Lotus brandianus Harms [family FABACEAE]

Lotus lebrunii Boutique [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

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Identification

Isotype of Lotus brandianus Harms [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lotus discolor E.Mey. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Boutique R., 1953

Flora

Entry for Lotus discolor subsp. discolor [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora Zambesiaca

Reference Sources

FZ, Vol 3, Part 7, (2003) Author: various authors

Lotus discolor subsp. discolor [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Gillett in Kew Bull. 13: 371 (1959). —Gonçalves in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 5: 96 (1982). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 344 (1989).

Lotus tigrensis Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 61 (1871). —Taubert in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 213 (1895). Type from Ethiopia.

Lotus brandianus Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 401 (1900). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 431 (1949). Type from Tanzania.

Lotus discolor var. cacondensis Hiern ex Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Legum. Trop. Africa: 878 (1930). —Torre in C.F.A. 3: 81 (1962). Type from Angola.

Indumentum of the stems, leaves and inflorescences of whitish or yellowish, short, straightappressed or ascending hairs.

Montane grassland and evergreen forest margins, miombo woodland and plateau grasslands

Mozambique T Macanga Distr., Furancungo, east slope of mte. Furancungo, 1265 m, fl. 17. iii.1966, Pereira, Sarmento & Marques 1844 (LMU).Malawi S Zomba Distr., Zomba Plateau, by Chingwe’s Hole, 1890 m, fl. 16.iii.1970, Brummitt 9148 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Dedza Mt., 1950 m, fl. 5.iv.1978, Pawek 14253 (K; MO; MAL).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, upper slopes of Kangampande, 2130 m, fl. 7.v.1952, White 2746 (K).Mozambique N Ngauma Distr., serra de Massangulo, 1600 m, fl. 5.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11034 (COI; LISC; LMU; PRE; SRGH; WAG).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., Nyika Plateau, Sangule Kopje, 8 km southwest of Chelinda Camp, 2280 m, fl. 15.v.1970, Brummitt 10746 (K; LISC; MAL; SRGH).Zambia N Isoka Distr., Mafinga Mts., fl. & fr. 24.v.1973, Fanshawe 11995 (K; SRGH).

Distribution (external)

eastern Nigeria

eastern Dem. Rep. Congo