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Hippocrepis
	Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Loteae
Genus:	Hippocrepis; L. (1753)
Species
	34; see text
Synonyms
	Emerus Mill. (1754); Ferrum-equinum Tourn. ex Medik. (1787);

Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.^[1]

Etymology

The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" (hippo-) and for "shoe" (-krepis): literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.^[2]

Species

34 species are accepted.^[1]^[3]

Hippocrepis areolata Desv.
Hippocrepis atlantica Ball
Hippocrepis balearica Jacq.
Hippocrepis biflora Spreng.
Hippocrepis brevipetala (Murb.) E.Domínguez
Hippocrepis carpetana Lassen
Hippocrepis castroviejoi Talavera & E.Domínguez
Hippocrepis ciliata Willd.
Hippocrepis commutata Pau
Hippocrepis comosa L. – horseshoe vetch
Hippocrepis conradiae Gamisans & Hugot
Hippocrepis constricta Kunze
Hippocrepis cyclocarpa Murb.
Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen – scorpion senna
Hippocrepis eriocarpa (Boiss.) Boiss.
Hippocrepis fruticescens Sennen
Hippocrepis glauca Ten.
Hippocrepis grosii (Pau) Boira, Gil & L.Llorens
Hippocrepis liouvillei Maire
Hippocrepis maura Braun-Blanq. & Maire
Hippocrepis minor Munby
Hippocrepis monticola Durieu ex Lassen
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa L.
Hippocrepis neglecta Lassen
Hippocrepis nevadensis (Hrabětová) Talavera & E.Domínguez
Hippocrepis prostrata Boiss.
Hippocrepis rupestris Laza
Hippocrepis salzmannii Boiss. & Reut.
Hippocrepis scabra DC.
Hippocrepis scorpioides Req. ex Benth.
Hippocrepis squamata (Cav.) Coss.
Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae Talavera & E.Domínguez
Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.
Hippocrepis valentina Boiss.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hippocrepis L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "Hippocrepis". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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[powo-1] Hippocrepis L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[2] "Hippocrepis". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[BSBI07-3] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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