Acmispon
| Acmispon | |
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| Acmispon glaber | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Loteae |
| Genus: | Acmispon Raf.[1] |
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Lotus | |
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.
Species
Species placed in Acmispon include:[1]
- Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.
- Acmispon argophyllus (A.Gray) Brouillet
- Acmispon argyraeus (Greene) Brouillet
- Acmispon brachycarpus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon denticulatus (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon distichus (Greene) Brouillet
- Acmispon glaber (Vogel) Brouillet
- Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
- Acmispon heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Brouillet
- Acmispon maritimus (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon mearnsii (Britton) Brouillet
- Acmispon nudatus (Greene) Brouillet
- Acmispon parviflorus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon procumbens (Greene) Brouillet
- Acmispon rubriflorus (H.Sharsm.) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon subpinnatus (Lag.) D.D.Sokoloff
- Acmispon wrangelianus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff
As of February 2018[update], some sources accept the genus Syrmatium,[2] while others do not,[3] placing its species in Acmispon. Such species include:
- Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet = Syrmatium cytisoides
- Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet = Syrmatium veatchii
- Acmispon haydonii (Orcutt) Brouillet = Syrmatium haydonii
- Acmispon junceus (Benth.) Brouillet = Syrmatium junceum
- Acmispon micranthus (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet = Syrmatium micranthum
- Acmispon nevadensis (S.Watson) Brouillet = Syrmatium decumbens
- Acmispon prostratus (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet = Syrmatium prostratum
References
- ^ a b c "Acmispon Raf.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11
- ^ "Syrmatium Vogel", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11
- ^ Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Search for Syrmatium", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-11