''Anagyris'' (Spanish: ''oro de risco'') 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 ...
.
Species
''Anagyris'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Anagyris foetida''
L.
* ''
Anagyris latifolia''
Brouss. ex Willd. Almost extinct, this plant has trifoliate leaves and can be found in
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that ...
.
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Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Anagyris chinensis''
Spreng.
* ''Anagyris cretica''
Mill.
* ''Anagyris glauca''
Loudon
* ''Anagyris inodora''
Lour.
* ''Anagyris neapolitana''
Ten.
* ''Anagyris sinensis''
Steud.
Gallery
File:Anagyris foetida.jpg, Canopy viewed from beneath, showing bark, foliage and ripening pods
File:Anagyris foetida pods and seeds.JPG, Ripe pods juxtaposed with ripe seeds
4150-Anagyris foetida-Gargano-5.06.JPG, Single, unripe pod
References
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Fabaceae genera
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