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Lotus berthelotii Lowe ex Masf.

Trailing lotus

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the wild or rediscovered in the wild

 

Distribution

Tenerife, Canary Islands, North Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

Above: Lotus berthelotii in flower, grown at a nursery in Perth, Western Australia. Photo © 2022 Rhianna Harrison. Reproduced with permisison.

 

Above: Lotus berthelotii in flower and labeled, grown at a nursery in Perth, Western Australia. Photo © 2022 Rhianna Harrison. Reproduced with permisison.

 

Above: Lotus berthelotii label. Photo © 2022 Rhianna Harrison. Reproduced with permisison.

 

References

Original scientific description:

Masferrer, D. R. (1881). Description de la flor y del fruto del Lotus berthelotii. Annales Sociedad Espanola de historia natural 10: 429-432.

 

Other references:

Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Walentowitz, Anna and Welss, Walter. (2021). FloCan—A Revised Checklist for the Flora of the Canary Islands. Diversity 13(10): 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13100480 [Supplementary Information (S1-S6)]

Bramwell, D. (1980). More 'extinct' species discovered. Threatened Plants Committee Newsletter 6: 15.

Lucas, G. Ll. and Synge, H. (1978). IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland. [p. 281]

Moreno, J. C. coord. (2008). Lista Roja 2008 de la flora vascular española. Dirección General de Medio Natural y Política Forestal (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, y Sociedad Española de Biología de la Conservación de Plantas), Madrid. 86 pp.

Ollerton, J. et al. (2009). Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Naturwissenschaften 96: 221-232.

Owens, S. J. (1985). Seed Set in Lotus berthelotii Masferrer. Annals of Botany 55(6): 811-814. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086960

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