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Genisteae
Genisteae is a tribe of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae. It includes a number of well-known plants including broom, lupine (lupin), gorse and laburnum. The tribe's greatest diversity is in the Mediterranean, and most genera are native to Europe, Africa, the Canary Islands, India and southwest Asia. However, the largest genus, ''Lupinus'', is most diverse in North and South America. ''Anarthrophytum'' and ''Sellocharis'' are also South American and ''Argyrolobium'' ranges into India. Description The Genisteae arose 32.3 ± 2.9 million years ago (in the Oligocene). The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition, but several morphological synapomorphies have been identified: … bilabiate calyces with a bifid upper lip and a trifid lower lip, … the lack of an aril, or the presence of an aril but on the shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retama
''Retama'' (also known as ''rotem'', he, רותם) is a genus of flowering bushes in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the broom tribe, Genisteae. ''Retama'' broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of southern Europe. ''Retama raetam'' and ''Retama monosperma'' have white flowers, while ''Retama sphaerocarpa'' has yellow flowers. It remains an open question in taxonomy whether the members of the genus ''Retama'' should be incorporated into the genus ''Genista'' (see Genisteae). The species contain cytisine, a toxic alkaloid. In the Spanish language the name ''retama'' is commonly used for broom bushes in general, including the genus ''Retama''. Taxonomy The genus ''Retama'' was erected in 1838 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, the genus name being derived from the Arabic name. Rafinesque noted that the genus had been included in other genera, including ''Spartium'', ''Cytisus'' and ''Genista'', but he regarded it as distinct. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyrolobium
''Argyrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. 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 .... Members of this genus are found in Africa and south Asia. Species ''Argyrolobium'' comprises the following sections and species: Section ''Amplexicaule'' * '' Argyrolobium amplexicaule'' (E. Mey.) Dummer * '' Argyrolobium crinitum'' Walp. Section ''Lunare'' * '' Argyrolobium lunare'' (L.) Druce ** subsp. ''lunare'' ** subsp. ''sericeum'' * '' Argyrolobium splendens'' Walp. Section ''Transvaalense'' * '' Argyrolobium baptisioides'' Walp. * '' Argyrolobium frutescens'' Burtt Davy * '' Argyrolobium longifolium'' (Meissner) Walp. * '' Argyrolobium megarrhizum'' Bolus * '' Argyrolobium muddii'' Dummer * '' Argyro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polhillia
''Polhillia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species ''Polhillia'' comprises the following species: * ''Polhillia brevicalyx'' (C.H. Stirt.) B.-E. van Wyk & A.L. Schutte * '' Polhillia canescens'' C.H. Stirt. * ''Polhillia curtisiae'' C.H. Stirt. & Muasya * '' Polhillia connatum'' (Harv.) C.H. Stirt. * '' Polhillia ignota'' Boatwr. * '' Polhillia involucratum'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & A.L. Schutte * ''Polhillia pallens'' C.H. Stirt. * ''Polhillia waltersii ''Polhillia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species ''Polhillia'' comprises the following species: * ''Polhillia brevicalyx'' (C.H. Stirt.) B.-E. van Wyk & A.L. Schutte * '' Polhil ...'' (C.H. Stirt.) C.H. Stirt. Curtis OE, Stirton CH, & Muasya AM. 2013. A conservation and floristic assessment of poorly known species rich quartz-silcrete outcrops within Rûens Shale Renosterveld (Overberg, Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melolobium
''Melolobium'' is a genus of 15 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it is found in south and east Namibia, southwest Botswana, and most of South Africa. These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Many are spiny. The leaves have three leaflets. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme of flowers. The flowers are yellow, sometimes fading orange or purple.Moteetee, A., & van Wyk, B. E. (2006)A revision of the genus ''Melolobium'' (Genisteae, Fabacaeae).''South African Journal of Botany'', 72(1), 51-98. Species ''Melolobium'' comprises the following species: * '' Melolobium accedens'' Burtt Davy * '' Melolobium adenodes'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Melolobium aethiopicum'' (L.) Druce * '' Melolobium alpinum'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Melolobium burchellii'' N.E. Br. * '' Melolobium calycinum'' Benth. * ''Melolobium canaliculatum'' (E. Mey.) Benth. * ''Melolobium candicans'' (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Melolobium canescens'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laburnum
''Laburnum'', sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are '' Laburnum anagyroides''—common laburnum and '' Laburnum alpinum''—alpine laburnum. They are native to the mountains of southern Europe from France to the Balkans. Some botanists include a third species, ''Laburnum caramanicum'', but this native of southeast Europe and Anatolia is usually treated in a distinct genus ''Podocytisus'', more closely allied to the ''Genisteae'' (brooms). Description The ''Laburnum'' trees are deciduous. The leaves are trifoliate, somewhat like a clover; the leaflets are typically long in ''L. anagyroides'' and long in ''L. alpinum''. They have yellow pea-flowers in pendulous leafless racemes long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees. In ''L. anagyroides'', the racemes are long, with densely packed flowers; in ''L. alpinum'' the racemes are long, but wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laburnocytisus
+'' Laburnocytisus'' 'Adamii' (also known as Adam's laburnum or broom laburnum) is a horticultural curiosity; a small tree which is a graft-chimaera between two species, a laburnum, '' Laburnum anagyroides'', and a broom, '' Chamaecytisus purpureus'' ( syn. ''Cytisus purpureus''), which bears some shoots typical of the one species, some of the other, and some which are a peculiar mixture of both "parents". The plus sign (+) indicates the generic name is made for a graft-chimaera. The plant can also be described by the formula ''Laburnum anagyroides'' + ''Chamaecytisus purpureus''. + ''Laburnocytisus'' 'Adamii' is a legume, a member of the pea family Faboideae (or Papilionaceae, formerly Leguminosae). Only one cultivar, 'Adamii' is known to have arisen from this graft. It is sometimes described as if it were one species, (+ )''Laburnocytisus adamii''; however, it is not one species and this notation is not conforming to International Code of Nomenclature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulex
''Ulex'' (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are native to parts of western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia. Gorse is closely related to the brooms and like them has green stems and very small leaves and is adapted to dry growing conditions. However it differs in its extreme thorniness, the shoots being modified into branched thorns long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs. The leaves of young plants are trifoliate, but in mature plants they are reduced to scales or small spines. All the species have yellow flowers, generally showy, some with a very long flowering season. Species The greatest diversity of ''Ulex'' species is found in the Iberian Peninsula, and most species have narrow distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperolaburnum
''Hesperolaburnum platycarpum'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. 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 wide .... It is the only member of the genus ''Hesperolaburnum''. References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stauracanthus
''Stauracanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is sometimes treated as part of the genera ''Genista'' or ''Ulex ''Ulex'' (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are na ...''. 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 Species names with uncertain taxonomic status The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Stauracanthus aphyllus'' Link * ''Stauracanthus lusitanicus'' (L.) Cubas * ''Stauracanthus nepa'' Samp. * ''Stauracanthus spartioides'' Webb References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartium
''Spartium junceum'', known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus ''Spartium''. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera ''Cytisus'' and ''Genista''). Taxonomy The Greek name ''Spartium'' given to the genus denotes the use of the plant for ' cordage'. The Latin specific epithet ''junceum'' means "rush-like", referring to the shoots, which show a passing resemblance to those of the rush genus ''Juncus''. Distribution and habitat This species is native to the Mediterranean in southern Europe, southwest Asia and northwest Africa, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils. Description ''Spartium junceum'' is a vigorous, deciduous shrub growing to tall, rarely , with main stems up to thick, rarely . It has thick, somewhat succulent grey-green rush-like shoots with very sparse small deciduous leaves 1 to 3 cm long and up to 4 mm broad. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellocharis
''Sellocharis paradoxa'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... and is the only member of the genus ''Sellocharis''. References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podocytisus
''Podocytisus caramanicus'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. 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 wide .... It is the only member of the genus ''Podocytisus''. References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Theodor von Heldreich {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
