Calobota

Calobota is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Calobota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Crotalarieae[1][2]
Genus:	Calobota (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Boatwr. and B-E.Van Wyk
Type species
Calobota cytisoides (Berg.) Eckl. and Zeyh.
Species
See text.
Synonyms[3]
Acanthobotrya Eckl. and Zeyh. pro parte Lebeckia section Calobota (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Benth. pro parte majore Lebeckia section Stiza (E.Mey.) Benth. Spartidium Pomel Stiza E. Mey.

Species

Calobota comprises the following species:[3][4]

• 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 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

1. Boatwright JS, le Roux MM, Wink M, Morozova T, Van Wyk B-E (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae) inferred from DNA sequences and morphology". Syst Bot. 33 (4): 752–761. doi:10.1600/036364408786500271. JSTOR 40211942.
2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
3. 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.
4. 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.