Coronilla (Fabaceae)

Coronilla valentina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Coronilla
Species: C. atlantica – C. carinata – C. coronata – C. cretica – C. dura – C. elegans – C. globosa – C. juncea – C. lassenii – C. libanotica – C. minima – C. montserratii – C. orientalis – C. ramosissima – C. repanda – C. rostrata – C. scorpioides – C. securidaca – C. somalensis – C. talaverae – C. vaginalis – C. valentina – C. varia – C. viminalis

Name

Coronilla L., Sp. Pl. 2ː 742. 1753, Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 330. 1754.

• Type species: Coronilla valentina L. see Jarvis, Taxon 41: 572 (1992)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Artrolobium Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 121 (1813), nom. superfl.
  • Aviunculus Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 367 (1868)
  • Bonaveria Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 310 (1777)
  • Callistephana Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 367 (1868)
  • Ornithopodioides Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum. Meth. Pl.: 167 (1759)
  • Scorpius Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 369 (1787)
  • Securidaca Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. illeg.
  • Securigera DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 609 (1805), nom. cons.
  • Securilla Gaertn. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 228 (1821), not validly publ.
  • Securina Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 368 (1787)
    

Note: the synonymy is accepted by POWO (2025) but not by Hassler (2025). The green links are names also found in Securigera DC..

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe, Medit. Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Great Britain, Kenya, Madeira, New South Wales, South Australia 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: 742. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 330. Reference page. 
• Lassen, P. 1989. A new delimitation of the genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Securigera (Fabaceae). Willdenowia 19(1): 49–62. JSTOR . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Coronilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coronilla. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Coronilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Coronilla. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Вязель
• suomi: Nivelvirnat
• српски / srpski: Ајчица

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