Taxon: Leobordea platycarpos (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Genus:

Leobordea

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Crotalarieae

Nomen number:

465223

Place of publication:

Taxon 60:173. 2011 "platycarpa"

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

11-may-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 03-oct-2014

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Lotononis clandestina var. steingroeveriana Schinz
(≡) Lotononis leobordea Benth.
(≡) Lotononis platycarpos (Viv.) Pic. Serm.
(=) Lotononis steingroeveriana (Schinz) Dummer
Basionym: Lotus platycarpos Viv.

Economic Importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kellerman et al.)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
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

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Israel, Syria

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

Check other web resources for Leobordea platycarpos (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=465223. Accessed 8 junio 2026.