Coronilla

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: Coronilla
Species: C. coronata - C. juncea - C. minima – C. montserratii – C. ramosissima – C. repanda - C. scorpioides – C. talaverae – C. vaginalis – C. valentina – C. viminalis

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coronilla (Fabaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.

Name

Coronilla L., Sp. Pl. 2ː 742. 1753, Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 330. 1754.

Type species: Coronilla valentina L. see Jarvis, Taxon 41: 572 (1992)

Synonyms

Artrolobium Desv.
Aviunculus Fourr.
Bonaveria Scop.
Callistephana Fourr.
Ornithopodioides Heist. ex Fabr.
Scorpius Medik

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe, Medit.
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Great Britain, Kenya, Madeira, New South Wales, South Australia

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

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 742. Reference page.

Additional references

Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 330. Reference page.
Lassen, P. 1989. A new delimitation of the genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Securigera (Fabaceae). Willdenowia 19(1): 49–62. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coronilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coronilla. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Coronilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Coronilla. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Вязель
suomi: Nivelvirnat

The genus Coronilla contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It contained about 20 species until Securigera was split off.[1]

Species include:

Coronilla coronata
Coronilla juncea
Coronilla minima
Coronilla ramosissima
Coronilla repanda
Coronilla scorpioides
Coronilla vaginalis
Coronilla valentina

Species that were part of the genus include:

Securigera elegans
Securigera orientalis
Securigera varia L. (crown vetch)