{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Hippocrepis comosa.jpg |image_caption = ''Hippocrepis comosa'' |taxon = Hippocrepis |authority = L. (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 34; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22602-1 ''Hippocrepis'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 September 2023.</ref> |synonyms = * ''Emerus'' <small>Mill. (1754)</small> * ''Ferrum-equinum'' {{small|Tourn. ex Medik. (1787)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Hippocrepis''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.<ref name = powo/>
== Etymology == The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" ({{transliteration|grc|hippo-}}) and for "shoe" ({{transliteration|grc|-krepis}}): literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hippocrepis |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/hippocrepis |access-date=2016-12-12 |archive-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221220304/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/hippocrepis |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Species == 34 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/><ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> *''Hippocrepis areolata'' {{small|Desv.}} *''Hippocrepis atlantica'' {{small|Ball}} *''Hippocrepis balearica'' {{small|Jacq.}} *''Hippocrepis biflora'' {{small|Spreng.}} *''Hippocrepis brevipetala'' {{small|(Murb.) E.Domínguez}} *''Hippocrepis carpetana'' {{small|Lassen}} *''Hippocrepis castroviejoi'' {{small|Talavera & E.Domínguez}} *''Hippocrepis ciliata'' {{small|Willd.}} *''Hippocrepis commutata'' {{small|Pau}} *''Hippocrepis comosa'' {{small|L.}} – horseshoe vetch *''Hippocrepis conradiae'' {{small|Gamisans & Hugot}} *''Hippocrepis constricta'' {{small|Kunze}} *''Hippocrepis cyclocarpa'' {{small|Murb.}} *''Hippocrepis emerus'' {{small|(L.) Lassen}} – scorpion senna *''Hippocrepis eriocarpa'' {{small|(Boiss.) Boiss.}} *''Hippocrepis fruticescens'' {{small|Sennen}} *''Hippocrepis glauca'' {{small|Ten.}} *''Hippocrepis grosii'' {{small|(Pau) Boira, Gil & L.Llorens}} *''Hippocrepis liouvillei'' {{small|Maire}} *''Hippocrepis maura'' {{small|Braun-Blanq. & Maire}} *''Hippocrepis minor'' {{small|Munby}} *''Hippocrepis monticola'' {{small|Durieu ex Lassen}} *''Hippocrepis multisiliquosa'' {{small|L.}} *''Hippocrepis neglecta'' {{small|Lassen}} *''Hippocrepis nevadensis'' {{small|(Hrabětová) Talavera & E.Domínguez}} *''Hippocrepis prostrata'' {{small|Boiss.}} *''Hippocrepis rupestris'' {{small|Laza}} *''Hippocrepis salzmannii'' {{small|Boiss. & Reut.}} *''Hippocrepis scabra'' {{small|DC.}} *''Hippocrepis scorpioides'' {{small|Req. ex Benth.}} *''Hippocrepis squamata'' {{small|(Cav.) Coss.}} *''Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae'' {{small|Talavera & E.Domínguez}} *''Hippocrepis unisiliquosa'' {{small|L.}} *''Hippocrepis valentina'' {{small|Boiss.}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Hippocrepis Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Loteae-stub}}