''Stauracanthus'' 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 Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes three species of shrubs and suffrutices native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and northwestern Africa (Algeria and Morocco). They grow in Mediterranean-climate maquis (shrubland), woodland, heaths, and coastal scrub, on sandy or stony alluvium and coastal dunes. It belongs to 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 is sometimes treated as part of the genera '' Genista'' or '' Ulex''.

Species

''Stauracanthus'' comprises the following species: * '' Stauracanthus boivinii'' (Webb) Samp. * '' Stauracanthus genistoides'' (Brot.) Samp. ** subsp. ''aphyllus'' (Link)Rothm. ** subsp. ''genistoides'' (Brot.)Samp. ** subsp. ''vicentinus'' (Cout.)Rothm. * '' Stauracanthus spectabilis'' Webb

References

Genisteae Fabaceae genera Flora of the Mediterranean basin {{Faboideae-stub