Calobota

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.

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

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. Retrieved 4 March 2014.