Calobota

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Crotalarieae
Genus: Calobota
Species: C. acanthoclada – C. angustifolia – C. cinerea – C. cuspidosa – C. cytisoides – C. elongata – C. halenbergensis – C. linearifolia – C. lotononoides – C. obovata – C. psiloloba – C. pungens – C. saharae – C. sericea – C. spinescens
Name

Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 191. (1836)

Type species: Calobota cytisoides Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 191. (1836)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Lebeckia sect. Calobota (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Benth. in Hook., Lond. J. Bot. 3: 358–361 (1844)
Heterotypic
Spartidium Pomel
Stiza E.Mey.

References

Ecklon, C.F.& Zeyher, C.L.P. 1836. Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae 191. BHL
Boatwright, J.S., Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, B.E. 2009. The generic concept of Lebeckia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): reinstatement of the genus Calobota and the new genus Wiborgiella. South African Journal of Botany 75(3): 546–556. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001 Full text PDF Reference page.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Calobota. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Calobota in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Calobota. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Calobota. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Mar. 2016.

Calobota is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species

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

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 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

Boatwright JS, Tilney PM, Van Wyk B-E (2009). "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. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Calobota". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2014.