| Leobordea platycarpa | 
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| Scientific classification  | 
| Kingdom: | 
Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | 
Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | 
Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | 
Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | 
Rosids | 
 
| Order: | 
Fabales | 
 
| Family: | 
Fabaceae | 
 
| Subfamily: | 
Faboideae | 
 
| Genus: | 
Leobordea | 
| Species: | 
L. platycarpa  | 
| Binomial name | 
Leobordea platycarpa
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| Synonyms | 
- Amphinomia dinteri (Schinz) A.Schreib
 
- Amphinomia lotoidea (Delile) Maire
 
- Amphinomia platycarpa (Viv.) Cufod.
 
- Amphinomia steingroeveriana (Schinz) A.Schreib.
 
- Capnitis clandestina E.Mey.
 
- Capnitis porrecta E.Mey.
 
- Leobordea abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. 
 
- Leobordea lotoidea Delile
 
- Leobordea persica Jaub. & Spach
 
- Lotononis abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kotschy
 
- Lotononis carinalis Harv.
 
- Lotononis clandestina (E.Mey.) Benth.
- var. clandestina (E.Mey.) Benth.
 
- var. steingroeveriana Schinz
 
  
- Lotononis dichotoma (Delile) Boiss.
 
- Lotononis dinteri Schinz
 
- Lotononis leobordea Benth.
 
- Lotononis lotoidea (Delile) Batt.
 
- Lotononis persica (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
 
- Lotononis platycarpa (Viv.) Pic.Serm.
 
- Lotononis porrecta (E.Mey.) Benth.
 
- Lotononis sphaerocarpa Boiss.
 
- Lotononis steingroeveriana (Schinz) Dummer
 
- Lotus dichotomus Delile ex Walp.
 
- Lotus platycarpa Viv.
 
- Lotus platycarpos Viv.
 
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Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.