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DeutschLeobordea platycarpa
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Leobordea |
| Species: | L. platycarpa |
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| Leobordea platycarpa | |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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[edit]
Data related to Leobordea platycarpa at Wikispecies