''Echinospartum'' 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 ...
. It is possibly synonymous with ''
Genista
Genista is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, i ...
''.
Species
''Echinospartum'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Echinospartum boissieri''
(Spach) Rothm.
** subsp. ''boissieri''
(Spach) Rothm.
** subsp. ''webbii''
(Spach) Greuter & Burdet
* ''
Echinospartum horridum''
(M. Vahl) Rothm.
*''
Echinospartum ibericum''
Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata[The validity of ''Echinospartum ibericum'' is questionable.]
** subsp. ''algibicum''
(Talavera & Aparicio) Rivas Mart.
** subsp. ''ibericum''
Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata
* ''
Echinospartum lugdunense''
(Jord.) Fourr.
* ''
Echinospartum lusitanicum''
(L.) Rothm.
** subsp. ''barnadesii''
(Graells) Vicioso
** subsp. ''lusitanicum''
(L.) Rothm.
References
External links
Taxonomia
Genisteae
Fabaceae genera
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