Anthyllis is a genus of flowering 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 A. vulneraria (kidney vetch), a familiar grassland flower which 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). Species Anthyllis comprises the following species: Section Anthyllis Anthyllis lemanniana Lowe Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. abyssinica (Sagorski) Cullen subsp. ajmasiana (Pau) Raynaud & Sauvage subsp. alpestris (Hegetschw.) Asch. & Graebn. subsp. alpicola (Brugg.) Gutermann subsp. argyrophylla (Rothm.) Cullen subsp. arundana (Boiss. & Reut.) Vasc. subsp. atlantis Emb. & Maire subsp. balearica (Coss. ex Mares & Vigin.) O. Bolos & Vigo subsp. boissieri (Sagorski) Bornm. subsp. borealis (Rouy) Jalas subsp. bulgarica (Sagorski) Cullen subsp. calcicola (Schur) Simk. subsp. carpatica (Pant.) Nyman subsp. colorata (Juz.) Tzvelev subsp. corbierei (Salmon & Travis) Cullen subsp. fatmae Font Quer subsp. forondae (Sennen) Cullen subsp. fruticans Emb. subsp. gandogeri (Sagorski) Maire subsp. hispidissima (Sagorski) Cullen subsp. iberica (W.Becker) Jalas subsp. iframensis Cullen subsp. insularum (Rothm.) Romo subsp. lapponica Hyl. subsp. lusitanica (Cullen & P. Silva) Franco subsp. maritima (Hagen) Corb. subsp. matris-filiae Emb. & Maire subsp. maura (Beck) Maire subsp. microcephala (Willk.) Benedi subsp. nivalis (Willk.) Rivas Mart. & al. subsp. pindicola Cullen subsp. polyphylla (DC.) "Nyman, p.p." subsp. praeporea (A. Kern.) Bornm. subsp. pseudoarundana H. Lindb. subsp. pulchella (Vis.) Bornm. subsp. pyrenaica (Beck) Cullen subsp. reuteri Cullen subsp. rifana (Emb. & Maire) Cullen subsp. rubriflora (DC.) Arcang. subsp. saharae (Sagorski) Maire subsp. sampaiana (Rothm.) Vasc. subsp. schiwereckii (DC.) Tzvelev subsp. stenophylloides Cullen subsp. vitellina (Velen.) Kuzmanov subsp. vulneraria L. var. font-queri (Rothm.) Cullen var. macedonica (Degen & Dörfl.) Micevski & Matevski var. vulneraria L. subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang. subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen Section Barba-Jovis Anthyllis aurea Welden Anthyllis barba-jovis L. Anthyllis hermanniae L. Anthyllis hystrix (Barcelo) Cardona & al. Anthyllis splendens Willd. Section Cornicina Anthyllis circinnata (L.) Savi Anthyllis cornicina L. Anthyllis hamosa Desf. Anthyllis lotoides L. Section Dorycnioides Anthyllis onobrychoides Cav. Anthyllis polycephala Desf. Anthyllis ramburii Boiss. Anthyllis rupestris Coss. Anthyllis tejedensis Boiss. subsp. plumosa (E. Domínguez)