Acmispon

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]

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)[1]
Species[1]
35; see text
Synonyms[1]
Anisolotus Bernh. (1837) Drepanolobus Nutt. (1838) Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff (1999) Syrmatium Vogel (1836)

Species

As of September 2023^[update], 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