Hippocrepis Explained
Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
Etymology
The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" and for "shoe" : literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.[1]
Species
34 species are accepted.
- Hippocrepis areolata
- Hippocrepis atlantica
- Hippocrepis balearica
- Hippocrepis biflora
- Hippocrepis brevipetala
- Hippocrepis carpetana
- Hippocrepis castroviejoi
- Hippocrepis ciliata
- Hippocrepis commutata
- Hippocrepis comosa – horseshoe vetch
- Hippocrepis conradiae
- Hippocrepis constricta
- Hippocrepis cyclocarpa
- Hippocrepis emerus – scorpion senna
- Hippocrepis eriocarpa
- Hippocrepis fruticescens
- Hippocrepis glauca
- Hippocrepis grosii
- Hippocrepis liouvillei
- Hippocrepis maura
- Hippocrepis minor
- Hippocrepis monticola
- Hippocrepis multisiliquosa
- Hippocrepis neglecta
- Hippocrepis nevadensis
- Hippocrepis prostrata
- Hippocrepis rupestris
- Hippocrepis salzmannii
- Hippocrepis scabra
- Hippocrepis scorpioides
- Hippocrepis squamata
- Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae
- Hippocrepis unisiliquosa
- Hippocrepis valentina
Notes and References
- Web site: Hippocrepis . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 2016-12-12 . 2016-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221220304/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/hippocrepis . dead .
