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Taxon:  Coronilla coronata L.



Summary
Genus:
Coronilla
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
11586
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1168. 1759
Verified:
05/31/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coronilla montana Jacq.
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Lassen, P. 1989. A new delimitation of the genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Securigera (Fabaceae). Willdenowia 19:59.
  9. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  10. Lopatina, G. V. 1931. Investigations of the nodule-forming bacteria. II. Observations on the nodule formation in leguminous plants [in Russian, English summary]. Trudy Vsesoyuzn. Inst. Sel'skokhoz. Mikrobiol. 4(3):105-110.
  11. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  12. Schmidt, B. 1979. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Sippenstruktur der Gattung Coronilla L. Feddes Repert. 90:312.
  13. Turland, N. J. & C. E. Jarvis. 1997. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46:467.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
scorpion-vetch –
Swedish
bergkronill –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11586. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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