''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family,
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae. It may be a
synonym
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of ''
Cytisus''. ''
C. palmensis'' is a tree from the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
used as a
fodder
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crop around the world.
Species
''Chamaecytisus'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Chamaecytisus absinthioides
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Janka) Kuzmanov
** var. ''absinthioides''
(Janka) Kuzmanov
** var. ''austriacoides''
(Stoj.) Kuzmanov
** var. ''grandiflorus''
(Stoj.) Kuzmanov
** var. ''heterophyllus''
(Bornm.) Micevski
** var. ''parvifolius''
(Stoj.) Kuzmanov
** var. ''pirinicus''
(Stoj.) Kuzmanov
* ''
Chamaecytisus albidus''
(DC.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus albus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom
* ''
Chamaecytisus austriacus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Cytisus''. ''Chamaecytisus palmensis, C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Is ...
''
(L.) Link
* ''
Chamaecytisus blockianus''
(Pawl.) Klask.
* ''
Chamaecytisus borysthenicus''
(Gruner) Klask.
* ''
Chamaecytisus calcareus''
(Velen.) Kuzmanov
* ''
Chamaecytisus capitatus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Scop.) Link
* ''
Chamaecytisus cassius''
(Boiss.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus colchicus''
(Albov) Port.
* ''
Chamaecytisus creticus''
(Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus danubialis''
(Velen.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus dorycnioides''
(Davidov) Frodin & Heyw.
* ''
Chamaecytisus drepanolobus''
(Boiss.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus elongatus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...
''
(Waldst. & Kit.) Link
* ''
Chamaecytisus eriocarpus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...
''
(Boiss.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus falcatus''
(Waldst. & Kit.) Holub
* ''
Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus''
(Degen) Kuzm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus graniticus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...
''
(Rehmann) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus heuffelii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus hirsutus
''Cytisus hirsutus'' (clustered broom or hairy broom) is a perennial plant belonging to the genus ''Cytisus'' of the family Fabaceae.
Description
''Cytisus hirsutus'' reaches on average of height, with a maximum height of about . The stem is mo ...
''
(L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom
* ''
Chamaecytisus jankae
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...
''
(Velen.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus kovacevii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Velen.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii''
(Wissjul.) Holub
* ''
Chamaecytisus leiocarpus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(A. Kern.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus mollis''
(Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
* ''
Chamaecytisus nejceffii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...
''
(Urum.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus paczoskii''
(V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
* ''
Chamaecytisus podolicus''
(Blocki) Klask.
* ''
Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...
''
Czerep.
* ''
Chamaecytisus proliferus
''Cytisus proliferus'', tagasaste or tree lucerne, is a small spreading evergreen tree that grows high. It is a well known fertilizer tree. It is a member of the Fabaceae (pea) family and is indigenous to the dry volcanic slopes of the Canary ...
''
(L. f.) Link—tagasaste
** subsp. ''angustifolius''
(Kuntze) G. Kunkel
** subsp. ''meridionalis''
Acebes
** subsp. ''proliferus''
(L. f.) Link
*** var. ''calderae''
Acebes
*** var. ''canariae''
(Christ) G. Kunkel
*** var. ''hierrensis''
(Pit.) Acebes
*** var. ''palmensis''
(Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding
*** var. ''perezii''
(Hutch.) G. Kunkel
*** var. ''proliferus''
(L. f.) Link
* ''
Chamaecytisus pulvinatus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Quezel) Raynaud
* ''
Chamaecytisus purpureus''
(Scop.) Link—purple broom
* ''
Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of ''Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world ...
''
(Schaeff.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus rochelii''
(Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus ruthenicus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wo ...
''
(Wol.) Klask.
* ''
Chamaecytisus spinescens''
(C. Presl) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus supinus''
(L.) Link[Some sources treat ''Chamaecytisus supinus'' as a synonym of ''Chamaecytisus hirsutus''.]
* ''
Chamaecytisus tommasinii
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of '' Cytisus''. '' C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the wor ...
''
(Vis.) Rothm.
* ''
Chamaecytisus triflorus''
Skalicka
* ''
Chamaecytisus wulfii''
(V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Chamaecytisus ambiguus''
(Schur) Klásk.
* ''Chamaecytisus anatolicus''
Güner
* ''Chamaecytisus biflorus''
(L'Hér.) Link
* ''Chamaecytisus gueneri''
Duman, Baser & Malyer
* ''Chamaecytisus leucanthus''
(Waldst. & Kit.) Link
* ''Chamaecytisus mitrushii''
F.K.Mey.
* ''Chamaecytisus pumilus''
(De Not.) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus tmolaeus''
(Boiss.) Rothm.
* ''Chamaecytisus virescens''
(Kováts ex Neilr.) Dostál
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described:
* ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''cetius''
(Beck) Dostál
* ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''millenii''
(Borbás) Dostál
* ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''pseudorochelii''
(Simonk.) Pifkó
* ''Chamaecytisus'' ×''versicolor''
(Dippel) Karlsson
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q964986
Genisteae
Fabaceae genera