Syrmatium
Syrmatium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the southwestern United States.Taxonomy
Syrmatium belongs to a group of species traditionally placed in the tribe Loteae of the subfamily Faboideae. The taxonomy of this group is complex, and its division into genera has varied considerably. Many species of Syrmatium were formerly placed in a broadly defined genus Lotus. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2000 based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences confirmed the view that the "New World" and "Old World" species of Lotus did not belong in the same genus. Syrmatium was monophyletic. The genus is not accepted by some sources.Species
, Plants of the World Online listed the following species:
- Syrmatium argophyllum Greene
- Syrmatium cytisoides Greene
- Syrmatium decumbens Greene
- Syrmatium distichum Greene
- Syrmatium haydonii A.Heller
- Syrmatium junceum Greene
- Syrmatium leucophyllum Brand
- Syrmatium micranthum Greene
- Syrmatium prostratum Greene
- Syrmatium tomentosum Vogel
- Syrmatium veatchii Greene
- Syrmatium watsonii Brand
