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, Botswana, and Cape Provinces of South Africa).[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
| Calobota | |
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| Calobota cytisoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editCalobota 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ 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.
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