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Taxon:  Securigera securidaca (L.) Degen & Dorfl.



Summary
Genus:
Securigera
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
33465
Place of publication:
Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 64:718. 1897
Verified:
05/31/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
20 (20  active, 15  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Coronilla securidaca L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Securigera coronilla DC.

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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Brockwell, J. et al. 1966. Some symbiotic characteristics of rhizobia responsible for spontaneous, effective field nodulation of Lotus hispidus. Austral. J. Exp. Agric. Anim. Husb. 6:365-370.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  5. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  6. Jordanov, D. et al., eds. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija. 1963-1982
  7. Lassen, P. 1989. A new delimitation of the genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Securigera (Fabaceae). Willdenowia 19:60.
  8. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  9. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  10. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  11. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  12. Schmidt, B. 1979. Securigera securidaca (L.) Degen. et Dorfler - eine Spezies der Gattung Coronilla L. Feddes Repert. 89:598.
  13. Schmidt, B. 1979. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Sippenstruktur der Gattung Coronilla L. Feddes Repert. 90:332.
  14. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
hatchet-vetch –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, 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=33465. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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