''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock fo ...

family, Fabaceae. 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 ...

. It may be a

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of ''

Cytisus ''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Ge ...

''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the

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used as a

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crop around the world.

Species

''Chamaecytisus'' comprises the following species: * ''

Chamaecytisus absinthioides ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Janka) Kuzmanov ** var. ''absinthioides'' (Janka) Kuzmanov ** var. ''austriacoides'' (Stoj.) Kuzmanov ** var. ''grandiflorus'' (Stoj.) Kuzmanov ** var. ''heterophyllus'' (Bornm.) Micevski ** var. ''parvifolius'' (Stoj.) Kuzmanov ** var. ''pirinicus'' (Stoj.) Kuzmanov * '' Chamaecytisus albidus'' (DC.) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus albus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom * ''

Chamaecytisus austriacus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Cytisus''. ''Chamaecytisus palmensis, C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Is ...

'' (L.) Link * '' Chamaecytisus blockianus'' (Pawl.) Klask. * '' Chamaecytisus borysthenicus'' (Gruner) Klask. * '' Chamaecytisus calcareus'' (Velen.) Kuzmanov * ''

Chamaecytisus capitatus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Scop.) Link * '' Chamaecytisus cassius'' (Boiss.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus colchicus'' (Albov) Port. * '' Chamaecytisus creticus'' (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus danubialis'' (Velen.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus dorycnioides'' (Davidov) Frodin & Heyw. * '' Chamaecytisus drepanolobus'' (Boiss.) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus elongatus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...

'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Link * '' Chamaecytisus eriocarpus'' (Boiss.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus falcatus'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Holub * '' Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus'' (Degen) Kuzm. * ''

Chamaecytisus graniticus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...

'' (Rehmann) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus heuffelii ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus hirsutus ''Cytisus hirsutus'' (clustered broom or hairy broom) is a perennial plant belonging to the genus ''Cytisus'' of the family Fabaceae. Description ''Cytisus hirsutus'' reaches on average of height, with a maximum height of about . The stem is mo ...

'' (L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom * '' Chamaecytisus jankae'' (Velen.) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus kovacevii ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Velen.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii'' (Wissjul.) Holub * ''

Chamaecytisus leiocarpus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (A. Kern.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus mollis'' (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet * ''

Chamaecytisus nejceffii ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...

'' (Urum.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus paczoskii'' (V.I. Krecz.) Klask. * '' Chamaecytisus podolicus'' (Blocki) Klask. * ''

Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...

'' Czerep. * ''

Chamaecytisus proliferus ''Cytisus proliferus'', tagasaste or tree lucerne, is a small spreading evergreen tree that grows high. It is a well known fertilizer tree. It is a member of the Fabaceae (pea) family and is indigenous to the dry volcanic slopes of the Canar ...

'' (L. f.) Link—tagasaste ** subsp. ''angustifolius'' (Kuntze) G. Kunkel ** subsp. ''meridionalis'' Acebes ** subsp. ''proliferus'' (L. f.) Link *** var. ''calderae'' Acebes *** var. ''canariae'' (Christ) G. Kunkel *** var. ''hierrensis'' (Pit.) Acebes *** var. ''palmensis'' (Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding *** var. ''perezii'' (Hutch.) G. Kunkel *** var. ''proliferus'' (L. f.) Link * ''

Chamaecytisus pulvinatus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Quezel) Raynaud * ''

Chamaecytisus purpureus ''Chamaecytisus purpureus'' (syn. ''Cytisus purpureus''), the purple broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the southern and southeastern Alps and the Dinaric Alps down to northern Albania, and it has been ...

'' (Scop.) Link—purple broom * ''

Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...

'' (Schaeff.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus rochelii'' (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus ruthenicus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (Wol.) Klask. * '' Chamaecytisus spinescens'' (C. Presl) Rothm. * ''

Chamaecytisus supinus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...

'' (L.) LinkSome sources treat ''Chamaecytisus supinus'' as a synonym of ''Chamaecytisus hirsutus''. * ''

Chamaecytisus tommasinii ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...

'' (Vis.) Rothm. * '' Chamaecytisus triflorus'' Skalicka * '' Chamaecytisus wulfii'' (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Chamaecytisus ambiguus'' (Schur) Klásk. * ''Chamaecytisus anatolicus'' Güner * ''Chamaecytisus biflorus'' (L'Hér.) Link * ''Chamaecytisus gueneri'' Duman, Baser & Malyer * ''Chamaecytisus leucanthus'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Link * ''Chamaecytisus mitrushii'' F.K.Mey. * ''Chamaecytisus pumilus'' (De Not.) Rothm. * ''Chamaecytisus tmolaeus'' (Boiss.) Rothm. * ''Chamaecytisus virescens'' (Kováts ex Neilr.) Dostál

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described: * ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''cetius'' (Beck) Dostál * ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''millenii'' (Borbás) Dostál * ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''pseudorochelii'' (Simonk.) Pifkó * ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''versicolor'' (Dippel) Karlsson

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q964986 Genisteae Fabaceae genera