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''Coronilla'' contains 8
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flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
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native
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to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''
Securigera
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 ''Se ...
'' was split off.
Species include:
* ''
Coronilla coronata
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''Securigera'' was split off.
Species include:
* '' Coronilla coronata''
* '' Coronilla juncea''
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Coronilla juncea
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''Securigera'' was split off.
Species include:
* ''Coronilla coronata''
* '' Coronilla juncea''
* ''Coronilla ...
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* ''
Coronilla minima
''Coronilla minima'' is a species of flowering plant from the family Fabaceae found in Eastern and Central Spain.
Description
The plant stems are long and are erect. Leaves grow in 2-4 pairs and are long and membranous with by long obovate ...
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Coronilla ramosissima
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''Securigera'' was split off.
Species include:
* ''Coronilla coronata''
* '' Coronilla juncea''
* ''Coronilla ...
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* ''
Coronilla repanda
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''Securigera'' was split off.
Species include:
* ''Coronilla coronata''
* '' Coronilla juncea''
* ''Coronilla ...
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* ''
Coronilla scorpioides
''Coronilla scorpioides'', the yellow crownvetch, is a species of annual herb in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[Coronilla vaginalis
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until ''Securigera'' was split off.
Species include:
* ''Coronilla coronata''
* '' Coronilla juncea''
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Coronilla valentina
''Coronilla valentina'', the shrubby scorpion-vetch, scorpion vetch or bastard senna, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Coronilla'' of the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin, and introduced into Kenya and the ...
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Species that were part of the genus include:
* ''
Securigera elegans
''Securigera elegans'' is a plant species in the genus ''Securigera
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 f ...
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* ''
Securigera orientalis
''Securigera orientalis'' is an ornamental plant native to the Caucasus region
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising parts ...
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Securigera varia
''Securigera varia'' (Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Coronilla varia''), commonly known as crownvetch or purple crown vetch, is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa, Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States an ...
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L. (crown vetch)
See also
* ''
Securigera
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 ''Se ...
'', a
segregate genus of ''Coronilla''
References
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''Coronilla'' at Tropicos
Fabaceae genera
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