''Stauracanthus'' 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 sometimes treated as part of the genera ''
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 ...
'' 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
Genisteae
Fabaceae genera
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