Petteria

Petteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Petteria
C.Presl (1845)
Species:
P. ramentacea
Binomial name
Petteria ramentacea
(Sieber) C.Presl (1845)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cytisus fragrans Welden (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Cytisus ramentaceus Sieber (1822)
  • Cytisus weldenii Vis. (1830)
  • Genista ramentacea (Sieber) Briq. (1894)
  • Genista weldeniana Scheele (1843)
  • Laburnum fragrans Griseb. (1843)
  • Laburnum nubigenum J.Presl (1830)
  • Laburnum ramentaceum (Sieber) K.Koch (1869)
  • Laburnum weldenii Griseb. ex Lavallée (1877)

Petteria ramentacea, commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.[2][1] It grows up to 3 meters tall, and flowers in May. It grow in shrubland and scrub from 10 to 700 meters elevation, in both sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean habitats.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3] It is the only member of the genus Petteria.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c Rivers, M.C. 2017. Petteria ramentacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T83771837A86136266. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T83771837A86136266.en. Accessed 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Petteria ramentacea (Sieber) C.Presl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ Lerner JM (2001). Anyone Can Landscape!. Ball Pub. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-883052-27-0. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Petteria". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Petteria". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  6. ^ "The Plant List entry for Petteria". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.