Securigera Explained

The genus Securigera contains a number of plant species commonly referred to as crownvetch. It is a segregate of the genus Coronilla. The name Securigera was first published by A. P. de Candolle in 1805 with the single species Securigera coronilla, which is now considered to be a synonym of Securigera securidaca, based on the earlier publication of the same taxon as Coronilla securidaca in 1753.^[1]

Species

The genus Securigera contains the following species:^[1]

• Securigera atlantica Boiss. & Reut. (Syn.: Coronilla atlantica (Boiss. & Reut.) Boiss.)
• Securigera carinata Lassen (1989)
• Securigera cretica (L.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla cretica L.)
• Securigera elegans (Pančič) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla elegans Pančič)
• Securigera globosa (Lam.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla globosa Lam.)
• Securigera grandiflora (Boiss.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla grandiflora Boiss.)
• Securigera libanotica (Boiss.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla libanotica Boiss.)
• Securigera orientalis (Mill.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla balansae (Boiss.) Grossh., C. cappadocica Willd., C. cappadocica var. balansae Boiss., C. iberica Steven ex M. Bieb., C. orientalis Mill.)
• Securigera parviflora (Desv.) Lassen (Syn.: Artrolobium parviflorum Desv., Coronilla parviflora Willd., C. rostrata Boiss. & Spruner)
• Securigera securidaca (L.) Degen & Dörfl. (Syn.: Coronilla securidaca L., Securigera coronilla DC.)
• Securigera somalensis (Thulin) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla somalensis Thulin)
• Securigera varia (L.) Lassen (Syn.: Coronilla varia L.)

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3996918 Per Lasson (1989) "A New Delimitation of the Genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis, and Securigera (Fabaceae)." Willdenowia, Bd. 19, H. 1, Sep. 1, 1989 (pp. 49-62).