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The genus Lupinus comprises several hundreds of species, but only a few of them have achieved agricultural importance. These are mainly three of the so-called Old World species, i.e., Lupinus albus, the white lupin; L. angustifolius, the narrow- leafed, formerly called blue lupin, and the yellow lupin, L. luteus. All of the them originated in the Mediterranean region (Table 1). One New World species is also of agricultural importance: L. mutabilis, the Andean lupin, locally called Tarhui or Tarwi. Some other species are mainly of horticultural value as ornamentals, like L. polyphyllus and its hybrids, or L. hartwegii (Hackbarth and Troll 1959; Hanelt 1960; Gladstones 1970; Sator 1979; Hondelmann 1984a,b; Williams 1986) (Table 1). |
