Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Loteae
Genus:	Hippocrepis L. (1753)
Species [1]
34; see text
Synonyms [1]
EmerusMill. (1754) Ferrum-equinumTourn. ex Medik. (1787)

Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. ^[1]

Etymology

The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" (hippo-) and for "shoe" (-krepis): literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species. ^[2]

Species

34 species are accepted. ^{[1] [3]}

• Hippocrepis areolata Desv.
• Hippocrepis atlantica Ball
• Hippocrepis balearica Jacq.
• Hippocrepis biflora Spreng.
• Hippocrepis brevipetala (Murb.) E.Domínguez
• Hippocrepis carpetana Lassen
• Hippocrepis castroviejoi Talavera & E.Domínguez
• Hippocrepis ciliata Willd.
• Hippocrepis commutata Pau
• Hippocrepis comosa L. – horseshoe vetch
• Hippocrepis conradiae Gamisans & Hugot
• Hippocrepis constricta Kunze
• Hippocrepis cyclocarpa Murb.
• Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen – scorpion senna
• Hippocrepis eriocarpa (Boiss.) Boiss.
• Hippocrepis fruticescens Sennen
• Hippocrepis glauca Ten.
• Hippocrepis grosii (Pau) Boira, Gil & L.Llorens
• Hippocrepis liouvillei Maire
• Hippocrepis maura Braun-Blanq. & Maire
• Hippocrepis minor Munby
• Hippocrepis monticola Durieu ex Lassen
• Hippocrepis multisiliquosa L.
• Hippocrepis neglecta Lassen
• Hippocrepis nevadensis (Hrabětová) Talavera & E.Domínguez
• Hippocrepis prostrata Boiss.
• Hippocrepis rupestris Laza
• Hippocrepis salzmannii Boiss. & Reut.
• Hippocrepis scabra DC.
• Hippocrepis scorpioides Req. ex Benth.
• Hippocrepis squamata (Cav.) Coss.
• Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae Talavera & E.Domínguez
• Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.
• Hippocrepis valentina Boiss.

References

1. Hippocrepis L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 1 September 2023.
2. "Hippocrepis". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.