Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.

Etymology
The name "Hippocrepis" comes from the Greek for "horse" and for "shoe" : literally, "horseshoe"; this is descriptive of the shape of the fruit segments in some species.

Species
34 species are accepted.
 * Hippocrepis areolata Desv.
 * Hippocrepis atlantica Ball
 * Hippocrepis balearica Jacq.
 * Hippocrepis biflora Spreng.
 * Hippocrepis brevipetala (Murb.) E.Domínguez
 * Hippocrepis carpetana Lassen
 * Hippocrepis castroviejoi Talavera & E.Domínguez
 * Hippocrepis ciliata Willd.
 * Hippocrepis commutata Pau
 * Hippocrepis comosa L. – horseshoe vetch
 * Hippocrepis conradiae Gamisans & Hugot
 * Hippocrepis constricta Kunze
 * Hippocrepis cyclocarpa Murb.
 * Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen – scorpion senna
 * Hippocrepis eriocarpa (Boiss.) Boiss.
 * Hippocrepis fruticescens Sennen
 * Hippocrepis glauca Ten.
 * Hippocrepis grosii (Pau) Boira, Gil & L.Llorens
 * Hippocrepis liouvillei Maire
 * Hippocrepis maura Braun-Blanq. & Maire
 * Hippocrepis minor Munby
 * Hippocrepis monticola Durieu ex Lassen
 * Hippocrepis multisiliquosa L.
 * Hippocrepis neglecta Lassen
 * Hippocrepis nevadensis (Hrabětová) Talavera & E.Domínguez
 * Hippocrepis prostrata Boiss.
 * Hippocrepis rupestris Laza
 * Hippocrepis salzmannii Boiss. & Reut.
 * Hippocrepis scabra DC.
 * Hippocrepis scorpioides Req. ex Benth.
 * Hippocrepis squamata (Cav.) Coss.
 * Hippocrepis tavera-mendozae Talavera & E.Domínguez
 * Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.
 * Hippocrepis valentina Boiss.