Syrmatium

Syrmatium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is native to the southwestern United States.[1]

Syrmatium
Syrmatium veatchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Syrmatium
Vogel[1]
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

Syrmatium belongs to a group of species traditionally placed in the tribe Loteae of the subfamily Faboideae. The taxonomy of this group is complex, and its division into genera has varied considerably. Many species of Syrmatium were formerly placed in a broadly defined genus Lotus. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2000 based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences confirmed the view that the "New World" (American) and "Old World" (African and Eurasian) species of Lotus did not belong in the same genus. Syrmatium was monophyletic.[2][3] The genus is not accepted by some sources.[4]

Species

As of February 2018, Plants of the World Online listed the following species:[5]

References
  1. "Syrmatium Vogel", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-06
  2. Degtjareva, G.V.; Kramina, T.E.; Sokoloff, D.D.; Samigullin, T.H.; Valiejo-Roman, C.M. & Antonov, A.S. (2006). "Phylogeny of the genus Lotus (Leguminosae, Loteae): Evidence from nrITS sequences and morphology". Canadian Journal of Botany. 84 (5): 813–830. doi:10.1139/b06-035.
  3. Degtjareva, G.V.; Kramina, T.E.; Sokoloff, D.D.; Samigullin, T.H.; Valiejo-Roman, C.M. & Antonov, A.S. (2008). "New data on nrITS phylogeny of Lotus (Leguminosae, Loteae)" (PDF). Wulfenia. 15: 35–49. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Search for Syrmatium", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-11
  5. "Search for Syrmatium", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11


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