Lotus capensis Houtt

58. Lotus capensis Houtt., Nat. Hist. II(10): 311, tab. 65, fig. 3. 1779. Lectotypus (designated here by Callmander): SOUTH AFRICA: Cape, Auge s.n. [?] (G-PREL [G00818107]!). = Lotononis umbellata (L.) Benth. in London J. Bot. 2: 602. 1843. Notes. ��� Lotus capensis was considered to be a synonym of Lotononis umbellata by MERRILL (1938: 347). The former was not cited by VAN WYK (1991) in his revision of Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. A note by R. Dahlgren (Lund, 15.I.1959) on the Cape herbarium collection confirms that Houttuyn���s species belongs to Lotononis. Lotus suffruticosus Burm. f. (BURMAN f., 1768: 22) undoubtedly represents the same taxon. Houttuyn cited Burman���s binomial in Nat. Hist. II(10): Aanwyz. Plaat. [2]. 1779. No type specimen of the latter has been located in G-PREL but a fragment is present in G-DC [G00477415].
Published as part of Wijnands, Dirk Onno, Heniger, Johannes, Veldkamp, Jan Frederik, Fumeaux, Nicolas & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva, pp. 155-198 in Candollea 72 (1) on page 178, DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a11, http://zenodo.org/record/5721887
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