''Acmispon'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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in the family
(legumes), native to North America and the west coast of
Chile
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in South America.
[ It includes several species of ]American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus ''Lotus
Lotus may refer to:
Plants
*Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
**Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
''. The former genus ''Syrmatium'' is included in ''Acmispon''.[ The Jepson eFlora accepts only ''Acmispon''.][
]
Species
, the following species were accepted:[
*'']Acmispon americanus
''Acmispon americanus'', known by the common names American bird's-foot trefoil and Spanish clover, is a species of legume native to most habitats of California, the Western United States, Western Canada, and northern Mexico.
Description
The pl ...
'' (Nutt.) Rydb.
*''Acmispon argophyllus
''Acmispon argophyllus'', synonym ''Lotus argophyllus'', is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico. It is known by the common name silver bird's-foot trefoil or silver lotus. '' (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
''Acmispon cytisoides'', synonyms ''Lotus benthamii'' and ''Syrmatium cytisoides'', is a species of legume native to California. It is known by the common names Bentham's broom and Bentham's deerweed. It is endemic to central California, where it ...
'' (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium cytisoides''
*''Acmispon decumbens
''Acmispon decumbens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States (Nevada, California) and north-western Mexico (Baja California). It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as ''Hosackia de ...
'' (Benth.) Govaerts, including ''Acmispon nevadensis'' (S.Watson) Brouillet
*''Acmispon dendroideus
''Acmispon dendroideus'', synonym ''Syrmatium veatchii'', is a species of legume native to California. It is known by the common name island broom. It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on coastal bluffs and cliffs. ...
'' (Greene) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium veatchii''
*''Acmispon denticulatus
''Acmispon denticulatus'' (previously ''Lotus denticulatus'') is a species of Faboideae, legume known by the common name riverbar bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it gro ...
'' (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
*''Acmispon distichus
''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 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
''Acmispon grandiflorus'', synonym ''Lotus grandiflorus'', is a species of legume native to western North America. It is known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.
It is native to the west coast of North America from Washington t ...
'' (Benth.) Brouillet
*''Acmispon haydonii
''Acmispon haydonii'', synonyms ''Lotus haydonii'' and ''Syrmatium haydonii'', is a species of legume native to California It is known by the common names pygmy lotus, rock bird's-foot trefoil and Haydon's lotus.
It is native to the dry mountain ...
'' (Orcutt) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium haydonii''
*''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 (taxonomy), synonym ''Lotus mearnsii'', is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, legume family endemism, endemic to Arizona in the United States. It known by the common name Mearns' bird's-foot trefoil. In A ...
'' (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 ...
'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium micranthum''
*''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 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 procumbens
''Acmispon procumbens'', synonym ''Lotus procumbens'', is a species of legume endemic to California. It is known by the common name silky deerweed. It is known from many habitat types in several regions from the Central Valley to the Mojave Dese ...
'' (Greene) Brouillet
*''Acmispon prostratus
''Acmispon prostratus'', synonyms ''Lotus nuttallianus'' and ''Syrmatium prostratum'', is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico. It is known by the common names beach lotus, Nuttall's lotus, and wire bird's-foot trefoil ...
'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. ''Syrmatium prostratum''
*''Acmispon rubriflorus
''Acmispon rubriflorus'', synonym ''Lotus rubriflorus'', is a species of legume endemic to California. It is known by the common name red-flowered bird's-foot trefoil. It is known from only four occurrences with a disjunct distribution.
Locatio ...
'' (H.Sharsm.) D.D.Sokoloff
*''Acmispon subpinnatus
''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 ...
'' (Lag.) D.D.Sokoloff
*''Acmispon tomentosus
''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 ...
'' (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts, including ''Acmispon heermannii
''Acmispon heermannii'' (formerly '' Lotus heermannii'') is a species of legume (Fabaceae) known by the common names Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil and Heermann's lotus. It is native to the coastal plains, canyons, and mountains of California and ...
'' (Durand & Hilg.) Brouillet
*''Acmispon wrangelianus
''Acmispon wrangelianus'' is a species of legume native to California and Oregon in the southwestern United States. It is known by the common names Chilean bird's-foot trefoil and Chile lotus. Despite its common name, it is not from Chile. It ca ...
'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff
;Other species that have been recognized:
*''Acmispon rigidus'' (Benth.) Brouillet = ''Ottleya rigida
''Ottleya rigida'', synonyms ''Lotus rigidus'' and ''Acmispon rigidus'', 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 desert rock-pea. It ...
'' (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
*''Acmispon strigosus'' (Nutt.) Brouillet = ''Ottleya strigosa
''Ottleya strigosa'', synonyms ''Lotus strigosus'' and ''Acmispon strigosus'', is a flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is known as stiff-haired lotus or strigose bird's-f ...
'' (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
References
External links
Jepson Manual Second Edition
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Fabaceae genera