''Anagyris'' (Spanish: ''oro de risco'') is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
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. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
.
Species
''Anagyris'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Anagyris foetida''
L.
* ''
Anagyris latifolia''
Brouss. ex Willd. Almost extinct, this plant has trifoliate leaves and can be found in
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
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Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Anagyris chinensis''
Spreng.
* ''Anagyris cretica''
Mill.
* ''Anagyris glauca''
Loudon
* ''Anagyris inodora''
Lour.
* ''Anagyris neapolitana''
Ten.
* ''Anagyris sinensis''
Steud.
Gallery
File:Anagyris foetida.jpg, Canopy viewed from beneath, showing bark, foliage and ripening pods
File:Anagyris foetida pods and seeds.JPG, Ripe pods juxtaposed with ripe seeds
4150-Anagyris foetida-Gargano-5.06.JPG, Single, unripe pod
References
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Fabaceae genera
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