Lotus corniculatus subsp. corniculatus




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Loteae
Scientific name Lotus corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus
Synonyms Lotus ambiguus Sprengel; Lotus arvensis Persoon; Lotus balticus Miniaev; Lotus carpetanus Lacaita; Lotus caucasicus Kuprian.Lotus corniculatus L. var. arvensis (Persoon) Seringe; Lotus corniculatus L. var. glaber Opiz; Lotus corniculatus L. var. kochii Chrtkova-Zertova; Lotus corniculatus L. var. maritimus Ruprecht; Lotus corniculatus L. var. rostellus (Heldreich) Chrtkova-Zertova; Lotus filicaulis Durieu; Lotus komarovii Miniaev; Lotus major Scopoli; Lotus olgae Klokov; Lotus rechingeri Chrtkova-Zertova; Lotus ruprechtii Miniaev; Lotus tauricus Juzepczuk; Lotus zhegulensis Klokov
Common name (Japanese common name) seiyo-miyako-gusa (セイヨウミヤコグサ, 西洋都草 [meaning: European Capital City weed])
(English common name) birdsfoot trefoil
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Eurasia, Africa
Habitat Field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=12, 24, 26
Description Plants creeping 5-40cm tall. Leaves ternate, leaflets each 5-12mm long, 3-10mm wide, 2 stipules each each 5-12mm long, 3-10mm wide. Flowers (3-8) yellow 10-16mm long, flowering in April to August. Fruits 2-3.5cm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Lotus corniculatus L.
Lotus corniculatus Linn
Lotus corniculatus
birdsfoot trefoil
Method for the expression of genes in plants, parts of plants, and plant cell cultures, and DNA fragments, plasmids, and transformed microorganisms to be used when carrying out the method, as well as the use thereof for the expression of genes in plants (US Patent 4886753/1989)
Method of regenerating plantlets from mesophyll protoplasts of phaseolus angularis (US Patent 4977087/1990)
Fungal herbicides (US Patent 5212086/1993)
Process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition selectively lowering the blood-lipid level (US Patent 5277910/1994)
Organ-specific plant promoter sequences (US Patent 5391725/1995)
Enod2 gene regulatory region (US Patent 5631358/1997)
Maize protein for insect control (US Patent 5882668/1999)
Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases (US Patent 5882851/1999)
Fertile transgenic corn plants (US Patent 6013863/2000)
Method and composition for promoting and controlling growth of plants (US Patent 6318023/2001)
Limonene and other downstream metabolites of geranyl pyrophosphate for insect control in plants (US Patent 6291745/2001)
Cultured plant cell gums for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial applications (US Patent 6350594/2002)
Efficient method of protoplast culture (US Patent 6569680/2003)
Nucleic acid comprising the sequence of a promoter unductible by stress and a gene sequence coding for a stilbene synthase (US Patent 6800794/2004)
Methods for generating and identifying mutant polyploid plants, and uses therefor (US Patent 6696294/2004)
Aldehyde oxidase gene derived from plant and utilization thereof (US Patent 6831168/2004)
Transgenic poplar trees comprising glutamine synthetase from pine having improved nitrogen metabolism and methods of making and using the same (US Patent 6911576/2005)
Lipoxygenase polynucleotides and methods of use (US Patent 6921847/2005)
Method for preparing fertile transgenic corn plants (US Patent 6946587/2005)
Pest-resistant plants comprising a construct encoding a vacuole targeting sequence and avidin or streptavidin (US Patent 6972350/2005)
Application of bi-directional promoters for modification of gene expression (US Patent 7053265/2006)
Nucleic acid encoding a chitinase and methods of using it to make fungal resistant plants (US Patent 7145060/2006)
Enzymatic methods for modulating the levels of organic sulfur compounds in plants (US Patent 7038109/2006)
Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content (US Patent 7154029/2006)
Genes encoding proteins with pesticidal activity (US Patent 7105332/2006)
Cloning and characterization of the broad-spectrum resistance gene Pi2 (US Patent 7094951/2006)
Nucleic acid encoding maize endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin and method of use (US Patent 7064247/2006)
Genes and regulatory DNA sequences associated with stress-related gene expression in plants and methods of using the same (US Patent 7176027/2007)
Antifungal polypeptides (US Patent 7306946/2007)
Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the Dw3 P-glycoprotein of sorghum and methods of modifying growth in transgenic plants therewith (US Patent 7276647/2007)
Genes for galactomannan production in plants and methods of use (US Patent 7265265/2007)
Engineering single-gene-controlled staygreen potential into plants utilizing ACC synthase from maize (US Patent 7230161/2007)
Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007)
Enod2 gene regulatory region (US Patent 7214861/2007)
Methods of using non-plant encoding nucleic acids (US Patent 7214860/2007)
Synthetic methods for preparing procyanidin oligomers (US Patent 7282598/2007)
Genes encoding proteins with pesticidal activity (US Patent 7378499/2008)
Plant activation of Cry8Bb1 by insertion of a plant protease-sensitive site (US Patent 7339092/2008)
Bacillus thuringiensis cry gene and protein (US Patent 7329736/2008)
Transgenic rice plants with reduced expression of Os2AP and elevated levels of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (US Patent 7319181/2008)
Ryegrass CBF3 gene: identification and isolation (US Patent 7317098/2008)
Note Naturalized plants (first specimen collected in 1949)



June 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden



June 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden



June 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden