Hippocrepis comosa

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: Loteae
Genus: Hippocrepis
Species: Hippocrepis comosa
Name

Hippocrepis comosa L., 1753
Synonyms

Coronilla comosa (L.) Prantl
Hippocrepis alpestris Arv.-Touv.
Hippocrepis atlantica Durieu ex Munby
Hippocrepis burgalensis Sennen
Hippocrepis helvetica G.Don
Hippocrepis heterocarpa Sennen
Hippocrepis montgronyana Sennen & Pau
Hippocrepis perennis Lam.
Hippocrepis rolandi Sennen

Homonyms

Hippocrepis comosa Lucé = Ornithopus perpusillus L.
Hippocrepis comosa Asso = Hippocrepis glauca Ten.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Extinct in:
Netherlands

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 744. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hippocrepis comosa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hippocrepis comosa. Published online. Accessed: Feb 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Hippocrepis comosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 18.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hippocrepis comosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 18. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hippocrepis comosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
العربية: حدوة الحصان طويلة الشعر
български: конска подкова
català: Desferracavalls
čeština: podkovka chocholatá
Cymraeg: Ffacbysen bedol
dansk: Gul Hestesko
Deutsch: Hufeisenklee
English: horse-vetch, horse shoe vetch
español: herraduras, hierba de la herradura
suomi: Nystyhevonpalko
français: Fer à cheval, Fer a cheval
hornjoserbsce: Čećorička
italiano: Sferracavallo comune
Nederlands: Paardenhoefklaver
polski: Konikleca czubata
slovenčina: podkovka chochlatá
slovenščina: Navadna podkvica
svenska: Hästskoklöver
Türkçe: Katırkuyruğu