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 ''Securigera coronilla'', which is now considered to be a synonym of '' Securigera securidaca'' , based on the earlier publication of the same taxon as ''Coronilla securidaca'' in 1753.Per Lasson (1989) "A New Delimitation of the Genera ''Coronilla'', ''Hippocrepis'', and ''Securigera'' (Fabaceae)." ''Willdenowia'', Bd. 19, H. 1, Sep. 1, 1989 (pp. 49-62).
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Species

The genus ''Securigera'' contains the following species: * '' Securigera atlantica'' Boiss. & Reut. (Syn.: ''Coronilla atlantica'' (Boiss. & Reut.) Boiss.) * '' Securigera carinata'' Lassen (1989) * '' Securigera cretica'' (L.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla cretica'' L.) * '' Securigera elegans'' (Pančič) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla elegans'' Pančič) * '' Securigera globosa'' (Lam.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla globosa'' Lam.) * '' Securigera grandiflora'' (Boiss.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla grandiflora'' Boiss.) * '' Securigera libanotica'' (Boiss.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla libanotica'' Boiss.) * '' Securigera orientalis'' (Mill.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla balansae'' (Boiss.) Grossh., ''C. cappadocica'' Willd., ''C. cappadocica'' var. ''balansae'' Boiss., ''C. iberica'' Steven ex M. Bieb., ''C. orientalis'' Mill.) * '' Securigera parviflora'' (Desv.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Artrolobium parviflorum'' Desv., ''Coronilla parviflora'' Willd., ''C. rostrata'' Boiss. & Spruner) * '' Securigera securidaca'' (L.) Degen & Dörfl. (Syn.: ''Coronilla securidaca'' L., ''Securigera coronilla'' DC.) * '' Securigera somalensis'' (Thulin) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla somalensis'' Thulin) * '' Securigera varia'' (L.) Lassen (Syn.: ''Coronilla varia'' L. )

References

Fabaceae genera {{Loteae-stub