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Taxon:  Hippocrepis bicontorta Loisel.



Summary
Genus:
Hippocrepis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
19164
Place of publication:
Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 7:424; Nouv. not. fl. France 32. 1827
Verified:
03/31/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (9  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Dominguez, E. 1976. Revisión de las especies anuales del género Hippocrepis L. Lagascalia 5:241.
  2. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  3. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  4. Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,... economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). 1991
  5. Plitmann, U. 1966. Studies in the taxonomy of the Leguminosae of Israel. Israel J. Bot. 15:27.
  6. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  7. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  8. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  9. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  10. Zakhia, F. et al. 2004. Characterisation of wild legume nodulating bacteria (LNB) in the infra-arid zone of Tunisia. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 27:380-395.
  11. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan
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=19164. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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