''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
. 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 ...
. The plants are
broom-like shrub
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s with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to
Macaronesia
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, Portugal and southern Spain, and three species are
endemic
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to the western
Canary islands
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where they are known by the common name Codeso.
Species
''Adenocarpus'' comprises the following species:
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Adenocarpus anagyrifolius
''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to Macaronesia, Portugal and southern Spain, and thre ...
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Coss. & Balansa
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Adenocarpus artemisiifolius
''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to Macaronesia, Portugal and southern Spain, and thre ...
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Jahand. ''et al''.
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Adenocarpus bacquei''
Batt. & Pit.
* ''
Adenocarpus battandieri''
(Maire) Talavera
* ''
Adenocarpus boudyi''
Batt. & Maire
* ''
Adenocarpus cincinnatus''
(Ball) Maire
* ''
Adenocarpus complicatus
''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to Macaronesia, Portugal and southern Spain, and thre ...
''
(L.) Gay
** subsp. ''bracteatus''
(Font Quer & Pau) Talavera & P. E. Gibbs
** subsp. ''complicatus''
(L.) Gay
** subsp. ''nainii''
(Maire) P. E. Gibbs
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Adenocarpus decorticans
''Adenocarpus decorticans'', also known as silver broom, is a species of flowering plant in the Faboideae subfamily which is endemic to the Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Cen ...
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Boiss.
* ''
Adenocarpus faurei''
Maire
* ''
Adenocarpus foliolosus''
(Aiton) DC.
* ''
Adenocarpus hispanicus''
(Lam.) DC.
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Adenocarpus mannii
''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to Macaronesia, Portugal and southern Spain, and th ...
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(Hook. f.) Hook. f.
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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
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Genisteae
Fabaceae genera
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