''Acmispon'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of

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in South America. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus ''

Lotus Lotus may refer to: Plants *Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: ** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...

''. The former genus ''Syrmatium'' is included in ''Acmispon''. The Jepson eFlora accepts only ''Acmispon''.

Species

, the following species were accepted: *'' Acmispon americanus'' (Nutt.) Rydb. *'' Acmispon argophyllus'' (A.Gray) Brouillet *'' Acmispon argyraeus'' (Greene) Brouillet *'' Acmispon brachycarpus'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff *'' Acmispon cytisoides'' (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium cytisoides'' *'' Acmispon decumbens'' (Benth.) Govaerts, including ''Acmispon nevadensis'' (S.Watson) Brouillet *'' Acmispon dendroideus'' (Greene) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium veatchii'' *''

Acmispon denticulatus ''Acmispon denticulatus'' (previously ''Lotus denticulatus'') is a species of Faboideae, legume known by the common name riverbar bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it gro ...

'' (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff *'' Acmispon distichus'' (Greene) Brouillet *''

Acmispon glaber ''Acmispon glaber'' (previously ''Lotus scoparius'') (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). The plant is a pioneer species found in ...

'' (Vogel) Brouillet *'' Acmispon grandiflorus'' (Benth.) Brouillet *'' Acmispon haydonii'' (Orcutt) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium haydonii'' *'' Acmispon junceus'' (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium junceum'' *'' Acmispon maritimus'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff *''

Acmispon mearnsii ''Acmispon mearnsii'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Lotus mearnsii'', is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, legume family endemism, endemic to Arizona in the United States. It known by the common name Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil. In A ...

'' (Britton) Brouillet *'' Acmispon micranthus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium micranthum'' *'' Acmispon nudatus'' (Greene) Brouillet *'' Acmispon parviflorus'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff *'' Acmispon procumbens'' (Greene) Brouillet *'' Acmispon prostratus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium prostratum'' *'' Acmispon rubriflorus'' (H.Sharsm.) D.D.Sokoloff *'' Acmispon subpinnatus'' (Lag.) D.D.Sokoloff *''

Acmispon tomentosus ''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. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained i ...

'' (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts, including '' Acmispon heermannii'' (Durand & Hilg.) Brouillet *'' Acmispon wrangelianus'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff ;Other species that have been recognized: *''Acmispon rigidus'' (Benth.) Brouillet = ''

Ottleya rigida ''Ottleya rigida'', synonyms ''Lotus rigidus'' and ''Acmispon rigidus'', is a flowering plant in the pea family ( Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known as shrubby deervetch or desert rock-pea. It ...

'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff *''Acmispon strigosus'' (Nutt.) Brouillet = ''

Ottleya strigosa ''Ottleya strigosa'', synonyms ''Lotus strigosus'' and ''Acmispon strigosus'', is a flowering plant in the pea family ( Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is known as stiff-haired lotus or strigose bird's- ...

'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff

References

External links

Jepson Manual Second Edition
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