Biology:Calobota

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Calobota
Calobota cytisoides 1DS-II 5613.jpg
Calobota cytisoides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Calobota
Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
Type species
Calobota cytisoides (Berg.) Eckl. and Zeyh.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthobotrya Eckl. and Zeyh. (1836) pro parte
  • Lebeckia section Calobota (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Benth. pro parte majore
  • Lebeckia section Stiza (E.Mey.) Benth.
  • Spartidium Pomel (1874)
  • Stiza E. Mey. (1835)

Calobota is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species native to North Africa (Morocco to Libya) and southern Africa (Namibia, Botwana, and Cape Provinces of South Africa).[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Species

Calobota comprises the following species:[2][1][3]

  • Calobota acanthoclada (Dinter) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
  • Calobota angustifolia (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota cinerea (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota cuspidosa (Burch.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota cytisoides (Berg.) Eckl. and Zeyh.
  • Calobota elongata (Thunb.) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
  • Calobota halenbergensis (Merxm. & A.Schreib.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota linearifolia (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota lotononoides (Schltr.) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
  • Calobota namibensis Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Calobota obovata (Schinz) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
  • Calobota psiloloba (E. Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota pungens (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota saharae (Coss. & Dur.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota sericea (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
  • Calobota spinescens (Harv.) Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The generic concept of Lebeckia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): reinstatement of the genus Calobota and the new genus Wiborgiella". S Afr J Bot 75 (3): 546–556. 2009. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Calobota". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?28751. Retrieved 4 March 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16850872 entry