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Taxon:  Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi



Summary
Genus:
Hymenocarpos
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
300273
Place of publication:
Fl. pis. 2:205. 1798
Verified:
08/04/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
215 (199  active, 162  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi var. circinnatus (0 active accession[s])
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi var. nummularius (DC.) Bornm. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. 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
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Benedí, C. 1998. Hymenocarpos circinnata (L.) Savi (Loteae, Leguminosae), planta iberica? Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56:181.
  4. Clos, D. 1896. Caractères extérieurs et modes de répartition des petits tubercules ou tuberculoïdes des légumineuses. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 123:407-410.
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
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  7. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  8. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
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  12. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  13. Täckholm, V. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
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Common names
Swedish
penningklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • 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=300273. Accessed 30 October 2025.


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