Lotus

 Fabaceae

©The World Botanical Associates Web Page
Prepared by Richard W. Spjut
May 2004; August 2006, Mar 2008, Jan 2011

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

Lotus (Hosackia) crassifolius
Sierra NF, CA
Spjut 14944, Jul 2002

  

Lotus humistratus
(Acmispon brachycarpus Jepson, 2nd ed., online, accessed Jan 2011)
Kern Co., CA
May 2005

 

Lotus (Acmispon) junceus var. biolettii

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

Lotus (Acmispon) nevadensis
Shasta Trinity NF, CA
Spjut 14829, Jun 2002

 

Lotus pinnatus
(Acmispon wrangelianus, Jepson 2nd ed. online) Scott Mts. Klamath NF, CA
Spjut 14876, Jul 2002

 

  

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

 

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

Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
(Acmispon glaber, Jepson 2nd ed. online) Kern River Canyon, CA
Spjut 15199, Apr 2003

Lotus (Hosackia) stipularis
Shasta Trinity NF, CA
Spjut 14828, Jun 2002

 

Lotus tomentellus
(Acmispon strigosus, Jepson 2nd ed., online, Jan 2011)
San Bernardino Co., CA
Kelbaker Rd near I-40
Mar 2008

 

 

 

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.”

 Ali, M. S., F. Ahmad, V. U. Ahmadu, I. Azhar, and K. Usmanghaniu.  2001. Unusual chemical constituents of Lotus garcinii (Fabaceae).  Turk. J. Chem., 25: 107–112.  “The methanol soluble part of Lotus garcinii, belonging to the family Fabaceae, yielded three new interesting metabolites: garceine (1), garoside (2) and garthiol (3), which have never been detected from any natural source. In addition, isophytol, hexadecanoic acid, cholesterol, oleanolic acid, butulinic acid and lupeol were also obtained for the first time from L. garcinii. All the isolated metabolites were characterized by spectroscopic means.”