''Podocytisus caramanicus'' is a species of
flowering plant
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in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. It is a shrub native to the western
Balkan Peninsula
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and southern
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
It is the only member of the genus ''Podocytisus''. 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 ...
.
References
Genisteae
Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Flora of Albania
Flora of Greece
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Yugoslavia
Plants described in 1849
Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
Taxa named by Theodor von Heldreich
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