Chamaecytisus

Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus polytrichus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Chamaecytisus
Link (1831)
Species

41–50; see text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Aulonix Raf. (1838)
  • Diaxulon Raf. (1838)
  • Tubocytisus Fourr. (1868)
  • Viborgia Moench (1794), nom. rej.

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 eastern Mediterranean.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of Cytisus.[2]

C. palmensis is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world.

  1. ^ a b Chamaecytisus Link. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ Cubas P, Pardo C, Tahiri H (2002). "Molecular approach to the phylogeny and systematics of Cytisus (Leguminosae) and related genera based on nucleotide sequences of nrDNA (ITS region) and cpDNA (trnL–trnF intergenic spacer)". Plant Syst Evol. 233 (3–4): 223–242. Bibcode:2002PSyEv.233..223C. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0194-0.