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Tab l e 2 . 5 Legumes native to Great Britain and
Northern Europe. Data on genera and species modified
from Blamey and Grey-Wilson (1989) to take into
account taxonomic changes in Lewis et al. (2005)

Tribe Genus Species

Fabeae Lathyrus 16

Vicia 20

Galegeae Galega 1

Colutea 1

Genisteae Cytisus 3

Genista 3

Lembotropis 1

Spartium 2

Ulex 3

Hedysareae Onobrychis 1

Loteae Anthyllis 1

Coronilla 4

Dorycnium 1

Hippocrepis 1

Lotus 5

Ornithopus 3

Tetragonolobus 1

Trifolieae Medicago 7

Melilotus 5

Ononis 6

Trifolium 30

Trigonella 3

Tab l e 2 . 6 Some genera of legumes from Northern Eurasia that have species growing at altitude
and in deserts. Data from Yakovlev et al. (1996), with number of species from Lewis
et al. (2005). All are papilioinoid

Genus Species Comment

Ammodendron 4-5 Drought and saline tolerant

Ammothamnus ∼ 2 Drought and saline tolerant

Astragalus 2500 + Centre of diversity in arid continental middle

Asia and the plateau of Iran

Chesneya ∼ 30 Centre of diversity in Central Asia, some alpine spp. grow up to

5000 m (Jacquez & Patten, 1996)

Eremosparton 3 Desert shrubs

Gueldenstaedtia ∼ 30 Some species grow up to 3000 m

Oxytropis 300-400 Main centre of diversity in cold interior Asian plateaux, some

circumpolar; some xerophytic

Tibetia 4 Not in Yakovlev et al. (1996). Segregated from Gueldenstaedtia

(Lock & Schrire, 2005). Mainly alpine

Trifolium ∼ 250 Some alpine species