Orophaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Galegeae
Genus: Orophaca
Species: O. aretioides – O. argophylla – O. barriae – O. caespitosa – O. hyalina – O. proimantha – O. sericea – O. tridactylica

Name

Orophaca Britton Ill. Fl. N. U. S. 2: 306. (1897)

• Type species: Orophaca caespitosa (Nutt.) Ill. Fl. N. U. S. 2: 306. (1897)
  

Note: Govaerts et a;. (2021) place this genus in synonymy with Astragalus, but this is not consensual (Hassler, 2021).

References

• Britton, N.L. 1897. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States 2: 306. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Orophaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Orophaca. 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 Jan. 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Orophaca. Published online. Accessed Mar. 18 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Orophaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 18 Mar. 2016.