Calobota Explained

Calobota is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species native to North Africa (Morocco to Libya) and southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, and Cape Provinces of South Africa).^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Species

Calobota comprises the following species:^{[1] [2]}

• Calobota acanthoclada (Dinter) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
• Calobota angustifolia (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota cinerea (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota cuspidosa (Burch.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota cytisoides (Berg.) Eckl. and Zeyh.
• Calobota elongata (Thunb.) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
• Calobota halenbergensis (Merxm. & A.Schreib.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota linearifolia (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota lotononoides (Schltr.) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
• Calobota namibensis
• Calobota obovata (Schinz) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
• Calobota psiloloba (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota pungens (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota saharae (Coss. & Dur.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota sericea (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
• Calobota spinescens (Harv.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21907-1 Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh.
2. Web site: GRIN species records of Calobota . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 4 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114958/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?28751 . 24 September 2015 . dead .