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Acmispon

Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus Lotus. The former genus Syrmatium is included in Acmispon. The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.

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Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Acmispon
Raf. (1832)1
Species1

35; see text

Synonyms1
  • Anisolotus Bernh. (1837)
  • Drepanolobus Nutt. (1838)
  • Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff (1999)
  • Syrmatium Vogel (1836)

Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America.1 It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus Lotus. The former genus Syrmatium is included in Acmispon.2 The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.3

Species

As of September 2023, the following species were accepted:13

References

References

  1. Acmispon Raf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. "Syrmatium Vogel", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11
  3. Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Search for Acmispon", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2021-02-14
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