Lotus

 Fabaceae

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Prepared by Richard W. Spjut
May 2004; August 2006, Mar 2008

Lotus argophyllus
San Diego Co., CA
Near Valley Center
June 2006

Lotus crassifolius
Sierra NF, CA
Spjut 14944, Jul 2002

Lotus heermannii
San Bernardino Co., CA
Kelbaker Rd near I-40
Mar 2008

Lotus humistratus
Kern Co., CA
May 2005

 

Lotus junceus var. biolettii

CA: Coastal bluffs, Humboldt Co., near Big Lagoon.  August 2006.

Lotus nevadensis
Shasta Trinity NF, CA
Spjut 14829, Jun 2002

 

Lotus pinnatus
Scott Mts. Klamath NF, CA
Spjut 14876, Jul 2002

 

 

Lotus phlebius
Coronado NF, AZ
Spjut & Casterline 14644,
Mar 2002

 

Lotus rigidus
San Bernardino Co.,
Kingston Range, CA
Apr 2005

Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
Kern River Canyon, CA
Spjut 15199, Apr 2003

Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
Kern River Canyon, CA
Spjut 15199, Apr 2003

Lotus stipularis
Shasta Trinity NF, CA
Spjut 14828, Jun 2002

 

 

Abdel-Kader M. S.,  M. E. Amer, S. Tang and D. G.  Kingston.  2006. Two new isoflavone derivatives from the roots of an Egyptian collection of Lotus polyphyllos. Nat. Prod. Res. 20: 922–926.  “Investigation of the roots of Lotus polyphyllos Clarke resulted in the isolation of two new isoflavone derivatives; 4'-O-methylerythrinin C (3) and 4'-O-methyl-2''-hydroxydihydroalpinumisoflavone (4). In addition, the three known isoflavone derivatives 4'-O-methylalpinumisoflavone (1) lupinalbin F (5), 4',7-dimethoxy-5-hydroxyisoflavone (6), and the phenylpropanoid ester tetracosyl p-coumarate (2) were also identified. The structures were determined from spectroscopic data.”