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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Lotus L.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass  Rosidae
Order  Fabales
Family  Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus  Lotus L. – trefoil P
 
Contains 72 Species and 82 accepted taxa overall
 
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Species  Lotus aboriginus Jeps. – rosy bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus alamosanus (Rose) Gentry – Sonoran bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus alpinus (Ser.) Schleich. ex Ramond P
Species  Lotus angustissimus L. – slender bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus arabicus L. P
Species  Lotus arenarius Brot. P
Species  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene – silver bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. adsurgens Dunkle – Santa Cruz Island silverhosackia P
Variety  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. argenteus Dunkle – silver bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. argophyllus – silver bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. fremontii (A. Gray) Ottley – Fremont's birsfoot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. niveus (Greene) Ottley – Santa Cruz Island silverhosackia P
Species  Lotus argyraeus (Greene) Greene – canyon bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argyraeus (Greene) Greene var. argyraeus – canyon bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argyraeus (Greene) Greene var. multicaulis (Ottley) Isely – canyon bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus argyraeus (Greene) Greene var. notitius Isely – canyon bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus benthamii Greene – Bentham's broom P
Species  Lotus chihuahuanus (S. Watson) Greene P
Species  Lotus collinus (Boiss.) Heldr. P
Species  Lotus conimbricensis Brot. P
Species  Lotus conjugatus L. P
Subspecies  Lotus conjugatus L. ssp. requienii (Mauri ex Sanguin.) Greuter P
Species  Lotus corniculatus L. – bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus corniculatus L. var. carnosus Hartm. P
Variety  Lotus corniculatus L. var. corniculatus – bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus corniculatus L. var. hirsutus W.D.J. Koch P
Subspecies  Lotus corniculatus L. ssp. frondosus Freyn P
Species  Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene – big deervetch P
Variety  Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene var. crassifolius – big deervetch P
Variety  Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene var. otayensis Moran ex Isely – big deervetch P
Species  Lotus creticus L. – creta trefoil P
Species  Lotus cytisoides L. P
Species  Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene – island broom P
Variety  Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. dendroideus – island broom P
Variety  Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. traskiae (Eastw. ex Noddin) Isely – Trask's island broom P
Variety  Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. veatchii (Greene) Isely – Veatch's island broom P
Species  Lotus denticulatus (E. Drew) Greene – riverbar bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus discolor E. Mey. P
Species  Lotus edulis L. P
Species  Lotus formosissimus Greene – seaside bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus gebelia Vent. P
Species  Lotus glaber Mill. – narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus glareosus Boiss. & Reut. P
Species  Lotus glaucus Aiton P
Species  Lotus glinoides Delile P
Species  Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene – chaparral bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene var. grandiflorus – chaparral bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene var. macranthus (Greene) Isely – chaparral bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus greenei Ottley ex Kearney & Peebles – Greene's bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus halophilus Boiss. & Spruner P
Species  Lotus hamatus Greene – San Diego bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus haydonii (Orcutt) Greene – rock bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Greene – Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Greene var. heermannii – Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Greene var. orbicularis (A. Gray) Isely – Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus hillebrandii Christ P
Species  Lotus humistratus Greene – foothill deervetch P
Species  Lotus incanus (Torr.) Greene – woolly bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus junceus (Benth.) Greene – rush broom P
Variety  Lotus junceus (Benth.) Greene var. biolettii (Greene) Ottley – Bioletti's rush broom P
Variety  Lotus junceus (Benth.) Greene var. junceus – rush broom P
Species  Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel. P
Species  Lotus macrotrichus Boiss. P
Species  Lotus maritimus L. P
Species  Lotus maroccanus Ball P
Species  Lotus mearnsii (Britton) Greene – Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus mearnsii (Britton) Greene var. equisolensis J.L. Anderson – Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus mearnsii (Britton) Greene var. mearnsii – Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus micranthus Benth. – desert deervetch P
Species  Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene – Nevada bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. davidsonii (Greene) Isely – Davidson's bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. douglasii (Greene) Ottley – Douglas' bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. nevadensis – Nevada bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus nuttallianus Greene – wire bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene – streambank bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene var. cupreus (Greene) Ottley – streambank bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene var. oblongifolius – streambank bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus ornithopodioides L. P
Species  Lotus palaestinus (Boiss. & Blanche) Blatt. P
Species  Lotus palustris Willd. P
Species  Lotus parviflorus Desf. – smallflower bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus pedunculatus Cav. – big trefoil P
Species  Lotus peregrinus L. P
Variety  Lotus peregrinus L. var. carmeli (Boiss.) Post P
Species  Lotus pinnatus Hook. – meadow bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby – New Mexico bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus preslii Ten. P
Species  Lotus procumbens (Greene) Greene – silky deerweed P
Variety  Lotus procumbens (Greene) Greene var. jepsonii (Ottley) Ottley – Jepson's deerweed P
Variety  Lotus procumbens (Greene) Greene var. procumbens – silky deerweed P
Species  Lotus purpureus Webb P
Species  Lotus rigidus (Benth.) Greene – shrubby deervetch P
Species  Lotus rubriflorus H.K. Sharsmith – redflower bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus salsuginosus Greene – coastal bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus salsuginosus Greene var. brevivexillus Ottley – coastal bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus salsuginosus Greene var. salsuginosus – coastal bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley – common deerweed P
Variety  Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley var. brevialatus Ottley – western bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley var. scoparius – common deerweed P
Species  Lotus sessilifolius DC. P
Species  Lotus stipularis (Benth.) Greene – balsam bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus stipularis (Benth.) Greene var. ottleyi Isely – Ottley's bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus stipularis (Benth.) Greene var. stipularis – balsam bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus strictus Fisch. & C.A. Mey. P
Species  Lotus strigosus (Nutt.) Greene – strigose bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus strigosus (Nutt.) Greene var. hirtellus (Greene) Ottley – strigose bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus strigosus (Nutt.) Greene var. strigosus – strigose bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus strigosus (Nutt.) Greene var. tomentellus (Greene) Isely – strigose bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus subbiflorus Lag. – hairy bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. – American bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. helleri (Britton) Kartesz & Gandhi – Heller's bird's-foot trefoil P
Variety  Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus – American bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus utahensis Ottley – Utah bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus weilleri Maire P
Species  Lotus wrangelianus Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – Chilean bird's-foot trefoil P
Species  Lotus wrightii (A. Gray) Greene – Wright's deervetch P
Species  Lotus yollabolliensis Munz – Yolla Bolly bird's-foot trefoil P

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