Hippocrepis

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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|image = Hippocrepis comosa.jpg

|image_caption = Hippocrepis comosa

|taxon = Hippocrepis

|authority = L. (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 34; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22602-1 Hippocrepis L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

|synonyms =

  • Emerus Mill. (1754)
  • Ferrum-equinum {{small|Tourn. ex Medik. (1787)}}

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

Etymology

The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" ({{transliteration|grc|hippo-}}) and for "shoe" ({{transliteration|grc|-krepis}}): literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.{{cite web |title=Hippocrepis |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/hippocrepis |access-date=2016-12-12 |archive-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221220304/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/hippocrepis |url-status=dead }}

Species

34 species are accepted.{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}

References

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Category:Fabaceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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