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]

Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Acmispon
Raf. (1832)[1]
Species[1]

35; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus Bernh. (1837)
  • Drepanolobus Nutt. (1838)
  • Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff (1999)
  • Syrmatium Vogel (1836)

Species

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As of September 2023, the following species were accepted:[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Search for Acmispon", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2021-02-14
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