Acmispon

Life-forms

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: Acmispon
Species: A. americanus – A. argophyllus – A. argyraeus – A. brachycarpus – A. cytisoides – A. decumbens – A. dendroideus – A. denticulatus – A. distichus – A. flexuosus – A. glabrus – A. grandiflorus – A. greenei – A. haydonii – A. heermannii – A. intricatus – A. junceus – A. maritimus – A. mearnsii – A. micranthus – A. multiflorum – A. neomexicanus – A. nevadensis – A. niveus – A. nudatus – A. oroboides – A. parviflorus – A. plebeius – A. procumbens – A. prostratus – A. rigidus – A. rubriflorus – A. strigosus – A. subpinnatus – A. tomentosus – A. utahensis – A. watsonii – A. wrangelianus – A. wrightii
Name

Acmispon Raf. Atlantic J. 1(4): 144–145. (1832)

Type species: Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 45. (1913) Originally designated as Acmispon sericeus Raf., Atlantic J. 145. (1832) nom. illeg. nom. superfl. for Trigonella americana Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 120. (1818)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Syrmatium Vogel Linnaea 10(5): 591–592. (1836) pro parte
Anisolotus Bernh. ex Schltdl. Linnaea 12(Litt.): 75–76. (1838)
Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff Feddes Repert. 110(1-2): 91 (-93). (1999)

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1832. Atlantic Journal 1(4): 144–145.
Brouillet, L. 2008. The taxonomy of North American Loti (Fabaceae: Loteae): new names in Acmispon and Hosackia. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(1): 387–394. JSTOR BHL Reference page.
Brouillet, L. 2020. New combinations in the American genus Acmispon (Fabaceae: Loteae). Phytoneuron 2020-29: 1–3. PDF
Baldwin, B., Goldman, D., Keil, D., Patterson, R., Rosatti, T. & Wilken, D. 2012. The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. University of California Press; 2nd Revised edition.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Acmispon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Acmispon. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 28 2016. Reference page.
Sokoloff, D.D. 2000. New combinations in Acmispon (Leguminosae, Loteae). Annales Botanici Fennici 37(2): 125–131. JSTORResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Acmispon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Deervetches
svenska: Chileväpplingar

Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America.[1] It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus Lotus. The former genus Syrmatium is included in Acmispon.[2] The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.[3]
Species

As of September 2023, the following species were accepted:[1][3]

Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.
Acmispon argophyllus (A.Gray) Brouillet
Acmispon argyraeus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon brachycarpus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium cytisoides
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts, including Acmispon nevadensis (S.Watson) Brouillet
Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium veatchii
Acmispon denticulatus (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon distichus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon flexuosus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon glaber (Vogel) Brouillet
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon haydonii (Orcutt) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium haydonii
Acmispon intricatus (Eastw.) Brouillet
Acmispon junceus (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium junceum
Acmispon maritimus (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon mearnsii (Britton) Brouillet
Acmispon micranthus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium micranthum
Acmispon neomexicanus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon niveus (S.Watson) Brouillet
Acmispon nudatus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon oroboides (Kunth) Brouillet
Acmispon parviflorus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon plebeius (Brandegee) Allred
Acmispon procumbens (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon prostratus (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet, syn. Syrmatium prostratum
Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet, syn. Ottleya rigida (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon rubriflorus (H.Sharsm.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon strigosus (Nutt.) Brouillet, syn. Ottleya strigosa (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon subpinnatus (Lag.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon tomentosus (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts
Acmispon tomentosus var. glabriusculus (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts, syn. Acmispon heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Brouillet
Acmispon tomentosus var. tomentosus
Acmispon utahensis (Ottley) Brouillet
Acmispon watsonii (Vasey & Rose) Brouillet
Acmispon wrangelianus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sokoloff
Acmispon wrightii (A.Gray) Brouillet

References

Acmispon Raf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
"Syrmatium Vogel", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11
Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Search for Acmispon", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2021-02-14