Acmispon

Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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]

  1. ^ a b c d Acmispon Raf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO_30041516-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jepson_Acmispon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).