Anthyllis

Taxobox
name = "Anthyllis"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Anthyllis vulneraria"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
genus = "Anthyllis"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text.

"Anthyllis" is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch ("A. vulneraria") which is a familiar grassland flower throughout the region and has also been introduced to New Zealand.

"Anthyllis" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the following case-bearers of the genus "Coleophora": "C. acanthyllidis", "C. protecta" (both feed exclusively on "A. tragacanthoides"), "C. hermanniella" (feeds exclusively on "A. hermanniae"), "C. vestalella" (feeds exclusively on "A. cytisoides") and "C. vulnerariae" (feeds exclusively on "A. vulneraria").

pecies

Species include:

*"A. aegaea"
*"A. aurea"
*"A. barba-jovis" - Jupiter's Beard
*"A. cornicina"
*"A. cytisoides"
*"A. hamosa"
*"A. henoniana"
*"A. hermanniae"
*"A. hystrix"
*"A. lagascana"
*"A. lemanniana"
*"A. lotoides"
*"A. montana"
*"A. onobrychoides"
*"A. polycephala"
*"A. ramburii"
*"A. rupestris"
*"A. tejedensis"
*"A. terniflora"
*"A. tragacanthoides"
*"A. vulneraria" - Kidney Vetch
*"A. warnieri"

External links

* [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_51.shtml LegumeWeb]