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Lotus lancerottensis

Lotus lancerottensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
L. lancerottensis
Binomial name
Lotus lancerottensis
Webb & Berthel.

Lotus lancerottensis or Lanzarote heartworm is a species of plant in the Lotus genus native to southern Madeira and the Canary Islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura).[1][2]

Description

This species is identified by its dark green leaves and puffed out yellow pea-like flowers. The leaves have fine spaced out whitish hairs.[3][4]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Threatened by the Kew database.[1]

Symbiosis

This species is in symbiosis with a fungus called Phyllobacterium salinisoli that helps the roots more efficiently process fatty acids.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  2. ^ "Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel".
  3. ^ "Lotus lancerottensis". www.freenatureimages.eu. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  4. ^ "Taxon - Legume Data Portal". www.legumedata.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  5. ^ León-Barrios, Milagros; Ramírez-Bahena, Martha Helena; Igual, José M.; Peix, Álvaro; Velázquez, Encarna (2018). "Phyllobacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from a Lotus lancerottensis root nodule in saline soil from Lanzarote". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (4): 1085–1089. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002628. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 29458536.


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