''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the
legume
Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...
family,
Fabaceae
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. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the eastern Mediterranean.
[ 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 synonym
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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 Canary Islands
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used as a fodder
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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 includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (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'' (Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom
* ''Chamaecytisus austriacus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (L.) Link
* ''Chamaecytisus blockianus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Pawl.) Klask.
* ''Chamaecytisus borysthenicus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Gruner) Klask.
* ''Chamaecytisus calcareus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Velen.) Kuzmanov
* ''Chamaecytisus capitatus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Scop.) Link
* ''Chamaecytisus cassius
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Boiss.) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus colchicus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Albov) Port.
* ''Chamaecytisus creticus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus danubialis
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Velen.) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus dorycnioides
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Davidov) Frodin & Heyw.
* ''Chamaecytisus drepanolobus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Boiss.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus elongatus'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
* '' Chamaecytisus eriocarpus'' (Boiss.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus falcatus'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Holub
* '' Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus'' (Degen) Kuzm.
* '' Chamaecytisus graniticus'' (Rehmann) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus heuffelii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus hirsutus'' (L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom
* '' Chamaecytisus jankae'' (Velen.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus kovacevii'' (Velen.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii'' (Wissjul.) Holub
* '' Chamaecytisus leiocarpus'' (A. Kern.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus mollis'' (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
* '' Chamaecytisus nejceffii'' (Urum.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus paczoskii'' (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
* '' Chamaecytisus podolicus'' (Blocki) Klask.
* '' Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii'' 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 Canary ...
'' (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'' (Quezel) Raynaud
* '' Chamaecytisus purpureus'' (Scop.) Link—purple broom
* '' Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis'' (Schaeff.) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus rochelii'' (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus ruthenicus'' (Wol.) Klask.
* '' Chamaecytisus spinescens'' (C. Presl) Rothm.
* '' Chamaecytisus supinus'' (L.) Link[Some 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 includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...
'' (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:
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described:
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q964986
Genisteae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Palearctic realm