Hippocrepis L.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Hippocrepis
Species: H. areolata – H. atlantica – H. balearica – H. biflora – H. brevipetala – H. carpetana – H. castroviejoi – H. ciliata – H. commutata – H. comosa – H. conradiae – H. constricta – H. cyclocarpa – H. emerus – H. eriocarpa – H. frutescens – H. glauca – H. grosii – H. liouvillei – H. maura – H. minor – H. monticola – H. multisiliquosa – H. neglecta – H. nevadensis – H. prostrata – H. rupestris – H. salzmannii – H. scabra – H. scorpioides – H. squamata – H. tavera-mendozae – H. unisiliquosa – H. valentina

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Hippocrepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 2. Reference page.

Name

Hippocrepis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 744. (1753)

Type species: Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.

Synonyms

Emerus Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
Ferrum-equinum Tourn. ex Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 370 (1787)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia, Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia
Extinct in:
- Netherlands
Introduced into:
- California, Denmark

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Hippocrepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 2. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Hippocrepis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hippocrepis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hippocrepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Mar. 2019.

Vernacular names

العربية: حدوة الحصان
čeština: podkovka
dansk: Hestesko
English: Horseshoe Vetches
suomi: Hevonpalot
hornjoserbsce: Čećorička
polski: Konikleca
slovenčina: podkovka
svenska: Hästskoväpplingssläktet