Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Hippocrepis
L. (1753)
Species[1]

34; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Emerus Mill. (1754)
  • Ferrum-equinum Tourn. ex Medik. (1787)

Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.[1]

Etymology

The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" (hippo-) and for "shoe" (-krepis): literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.[2]

Species

34 species are accepted.[1][3]

  • Hippocrepis areolata Desv.
  • Hippocrepis atlantica Ball
  • Hippocrepis balearica Jacq.
  • Hippocrepis biflora Spreng.
  • Hippocrepis brevipetala (Murb.) E.Domínguez
  • Hippocrepis carpetana Lassen
  • Hippocrepis castroviejoi Talavera & E.Domínguez
  • Hippocrepis ciliata Willd.
  • Hippocrepis commutata Pau
  • Hippocrepis comosa L. – horseshoe vetch
  • Hippocrepis conradiae Gamisans & Hugot
  • Hippocrepis constricta Kunze
  • Hippocrepis cyclocarpa Murb.
  • Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen – scorpion senna
  • Hippocrepis eriocarpa (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Hippocrepis fruticescens Sennen
  • Hippocrepis glauca Ten.
  • Hippocrepis grosii (Pau) Boira, Gil & L.Llorens
  • Hippocrepis liouvillei Maire
  • Hippocrepis maura Braun-Blanq. & Maire
  • Hippocrepis minor Munby
  • Hippocrepis monticola Durieu ex Lassen
  • Hippocrepis multisiliquosa L.
  • Hippocrepis neglecta Lassen
  • Hippocrepis nevadensis (Hrabětová) Talavera & E.Domínguez
  • Hippocrepis prostrata Boiss.
  • Hippocrepis rupestris Laza
  • Hippocrepis salzmannii Boiss. & Reut.
  • Hippocrepis scabra DC.
  • Hippocrepis scorpioides Req. ex Benth.
  • Hippocrepis squamata (Cav.) Coss.
  • Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae Talavera & E.Domínguez
  • Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.
  • Hippocrepis valentina Boiss.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hippocrepis L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hippocrepis". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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