The genus Securigera contains a number of plant species commonly referred to as crownvetch.

It is a segregate of the genus Coronilla.

The name Securigera was first published by A. P. de Candolle in 1805 with the single species Securigera coronilla, which is now considered to be a synonym of Securigera securidaca (L.) Degen & Dörfl.

(1897), based on the earlier publication of the same taxon as Coronilla securidaca L. in 1753.

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