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Genus: Lupinus (lupins)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid I > FabalesFabaceae >  Subfamily: Papilionoideae

About 200 species, native to the Americas, and Mediterranean Europe through to the highlands of East Africa. All 4 species in southern Africa are introduced and naturalised and are grown as a cover crop in the Western Cape.

 Species naturalised in southern Africa

 List from Plants of southern Africa (POSA) - an online checklist (SANBI).

Lupinus angustifolius

 

Lupinus consentinii

 

Lupinus luteus

Lupin Lupinus ?luteus

 

Lupinus pilosus  

 

 


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