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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
- ^ a b c d Hippocrepis L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Hippocrepis". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ^ 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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