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.[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.[1] The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.[2]

Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Acmispon
Raf.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus Bernh.
  • Syrmatium Vogel

Species

As of February 2021, the following species were accepted:[1][3][2]

Other species that have been recognized
  • Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet = Ottleya rigida (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
  • Acmispon strigosus (Nutt.) Brouillet = Ottleya strigosa (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff

References

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