''Acmispon'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
(legumes), native to North America and the west coast of
Chile
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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''. The former genus ''Syrmatium'' is included in ''Acmispon''.][ The Jepson eFlora accepts only ''Acmispon''.][
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Species
, the following species were accepted:[
*'' Acmispon americanus'' (Nutt.) Rydb.
*'' Acmispon argophyllus'' (A.Gray) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon argyraeus'' (Greene) Brouillet
*'']Acmispon brachycarpus
''Acmispon brachycarpus'' (formerly ''Lotus humistratus''Jepson Manual, Vascular Plants of California, 2nd ed., 2012, p. 725) is a species of legume known by the common name foothill deervetch. It is native to western North America from Idaho to ...
'' (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'' (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon distichus'' (Greene) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon flexuosus''
*''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 d ...
'' (Vogel) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon grandiflorus'' (Benth.) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon haydonii'' (Orcutt) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium haydonii''
*'' Acmispon intricatus''
*'' Acmispon junceus'' (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium junceum''
*'' Acmispon maritimus'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon mearnsii'' (Britton) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon micranthus'' (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium micranthum''
*'' Acmispon neomexicanus''
*'' Acmispon niveus''
*'' Acmispon nudatus'' (Greene) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon oroboides''
*'' Acmispon parviflorus'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon plebeius''
*'' Acmispon procumbens'' (Greene) Brouillet
*'' Acmispon prostratus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium prostratum''
*'' Acmispon rigidus'' , syn. ''Ottleya rigida'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon rubriflorus'' (H.Sharsm.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon strigosus'' , syn. ''Ottleya strigosa'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon subpinnatus'' (Lag.) D.D.Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon tomentosus'' (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts
**''Acmispon tomentosus'' var. ''glabriusculus'' , syn. ''Acmispon heermannii'' (Durand & Hilg.) Brouillet
**''Acmispon tomentosus'' var. ''tomentosus''
*'' Acmispon utahensis''
*'' Acmispon watsonii''
*'' Acmispon wrangelianus'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff
*'' Acmispon wrightii''
References
External links
Jepson Manual Second Edition
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Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Americas