''Acmispon'' is a

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in the family

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

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in South America. It includes several species of

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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''.

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'' 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 in ...

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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 ''Acmispon junceus'', synonyms ''Lotus junceus'' and ''Syrmatium junceum'', is a species of legume native to California. It is known by the common names rush broom and rush deervetch. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northe ...

'' (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium junceum'' *''

Acmispon maritimus ''Acmispon maritimus'', synonym ''Lotus salsuginosus'', is a species of legume native to Arizona, California and northwestern Mexico. It is known by the common name coastal bird's-foot trefoil. It grows in many types of mountain, desert, and scru ...

'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff *''

Acmispon mearnsii ''Acmispon mearnsii'', synonym ''Lotus mearnsii'', is a species of flowering plant in the legume family endemic to Arizona in the United States. It known by the common name Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil. In Arizona, it occurs in Coconino, Navajo ...

'' (Britton) Brouillet *''

Acmispon micranthus ''Acmispon micranthus'' is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico. It is known by the common name San Diego bird's-foot trefoil. It is found in the coastal mountain ranges of California and Baja California, where it gro ...

'' (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium micranthum'' *''

Acmispon neomexicanus ''Acmispon neomexicanus'' or ''Greene's trefoil'' is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae that grows exclusively in Arizona, New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United Stat ...

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Acmispon niveus ''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 in ...

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Acmispon nudatus ''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 in ...

'' (Greene) Brouillet *''

Acmispon oroboides ''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 in ...

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Acmispon parviflorus ''Acmispon parviflorus'', synonym ''Lotus micranthus'', is a species of legume. It is known by the common name desert deervetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it is known from many type ...

'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff *''

Acmispon plebeius ''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 United States, American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerl ...

'' *'' Acmispon procumbens'' (Greene) Brouillet *'' Acmispon prostratus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium prostratum'' *''

Acmispon rigidus ''Acmispon rigidus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonyms ''Lotus rigidus'' and ''Ottleya rigida'', 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 ...

'' , 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'' 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 in ...

'' *'' Acmispon watsonii'' *'' Acmispon wrangelianus'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff *''

Acmispon wrightii ''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 in ...

References

External links

Jepson Manual Second Edition
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