Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Hippocrepis
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Hippocrepis is a genus of ornamental plants in the family Fabaceae. Hippocrepis emerus is known commonly as Scorpion senna.[1]

References

  1. Frank Bisby (18 August 1994). Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae. CRC Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-412-39770-7. Retrieved 6 November 2012.