''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s 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 ...

. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to

Macaronesia Macaronesia (Portuguese: ''Macaronésia,'' Spanish: ''Macaronesia'') is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic, off the coasts of Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of Atlantic oceanic islands ...

, Portugal and southern Spain, and three species are

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to the western Canary islands where they are known by the common name Codeso.

Species

''Adenocarpus'' comprises the following species: * '' Adenocarpus anagyrifolius'' Coss. & Balansa * '' Adenocarpus artemisiifolius'' Jahand. ''et al''. * '' Adenocarpus bacquei'' Batt. & Pit. * '' Adenocarpus battandieri'' (Maire) Talavera * '' Adenocarpus boudyi'' Batt. & Maire * '' Adenocarpus cincinnatus'' (Ball) Maire * '' Adenocarpus complicatus'' (L.) Gay ** subsp. ''bracteatus'' (Font Quer & Pau) Talavera & P. E. Gibbs ** subsp. ''complicatus'' (L.) Gay ** subsp. ''nainii'' (Maire) P. E. Gibbs * '' Adenocarpus decorticans'' Boiss. * '' Adenocarpus faurei'' Maire * '' Adenocarpus foliolosus'' (Aiton) DC. * '' Adenocarpus hispanicus'' (Lam.) DC. * '' Adenocarpus mannii'' (Hook. f.) Hook. f. * '' Adenocarpus ombriosus'' Ceballo & Ortuno * '' Adenocarpus telonensis'' (Loisel.) DC. * '' Adenocarpus umbellatus'' Batt. * '' Adenocarpus viscosus'' (Willd.) Webb & Berthel.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Adenocarpus aureus'' (Cav.) Pau * ''Adenocarpus bivonii'' (C.Presl) C.Presl * ''Adenocarpus brutius'' Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa * ''Adenocarpus complicatus'' J. Gay * ''Adenocarpus desertorum'' Castrov. * ''Adenocarpus divaricatus'' Sweet * ''Adenocarpus divaricatus'' (L'Hér.) Boiss. * ''Adenocarpus lainzii'' (Castrov.) Castrov. * ''Adenocarpus rodriguezi'' Sennen & Mauricio * ''Adenocarpus samniticus'' Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa * ''Adenocarpus subdecorticans'' Humbert & Maire * ''Adenocarpus tenoreanus'' Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov * ''Adenocarpus vallisoletanus'' Sennen & Pau

References

* * Genisteae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub