Acmispon

Acmispon
Acmispon glaber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Acmispon
Raf. (1832)
Species

35; see text

Synonyms
  • Anisolotus Bernh. (1837)
  • Drepanolobus Nutt. (1838)
  • Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff (1999)
  • Syrmatium Vogel (1836)

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. 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. The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.