Biology:Lotus kunkelii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Lotus kunkelii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lotus |
| Species: | L. kunkelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell & D.H.Davis
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Lotus kunkelii is a subshrub native to the Canary Islands in the Lotus genus.[1]
Description
This species has small clustered hairy leaves coming off a main stem. The flowers are yellow and small and look like unclustered yellow pea flowers. The leaves are rectangular.[2]
Conservation status
This species was thought extinct then rediscovered in 1973.[3]
This species is classified as critically endangered.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell & D.H.Davis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503711-1.
- ↑ "Biota – Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell & D. H. Davis". https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/especie/F00530.
- ↑ Anne Kmke!, Mary. "On the Rediscovery of Lotus kunkelii". https://endemicascanarias.com/images/00_PDF/Lotus%20kunkelii_Mary%20Anne%20Kunkel.pdf.
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