Acmispon

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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.[1] 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.[2] The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.[3]

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Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Acmispon
Raf. (1832)[1]
Species[1]

35; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus Bernh. (1837)
  • Drepanolobus Nutt. (1838)
  • Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff (1999)
  • Syrmatium Vogel (1836)
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Species

As of September 2023, the following species were accepted:[1][3]

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