genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
(legumes), native to North America and the west coast of
Chile
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in South America. It includes several species of
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
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.
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Acmispon argophyllus
''Acmispon argophyllus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Lotus argophyllus'', is a species of Faboideae, legume native to California and northwest Mexico. It is known by the common name silver bird's-foot trefoil or silver lotus.Acmispon argyraeus'' (Greene) Brouillet
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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 ...
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. ...
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
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...