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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