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Genisteae
Genisteae is a tribe of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae. It includes a number of well-known plants including broom, lupine (lupin), gorse and laburnum. The tribe's greatest diversity is in the Mediterranean, and most genera are native to Europe, Africa, the Canary Islands, India and southwest Asia. However, the largest genus, ''Lupinus'', is most diverse in North and South America. ''Anarthrophytum'' and ''Sellocharis'' are also South American and ''Argyrolobium'' ranges into India. Description The Genisteae arose 32.3 ± 2.9 million years ago (in the Oligocene). The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition, but several morphological synapomorphies have been identified: … bilabiate calyces with a bifid upper lip and a trifid lower lip, … the lack of an aril, or the presence of an aril b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retama
''Retama'' (also known as ''rotem'', ) is a genus of flowering bushes in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the broom tribe, Genisteae. ''Retama'' broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of southern Europe. ''Retama raetam'' and ''Retama monosperma'' have white flowers, while ''Retama sphaerocarpa'' has yellow flowers. It remains an open question in taxonomy whether the members of the genus ''Retama'' should be incorporated into the genus '' Genista'' (see Genisteae). The species contain cytisine, a toxic alkaloid. In the Spanish language the name ''retama'' is commonly used for broom bushes in general, including the genus ''Retama''. Taxonomy The genus ''Retama'' was erected in 1838 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, the genus name being derived from Hebrew, from the Jewish Bible. Rafinesque noted that the genus had been included in other genera, including '' Spartium'', '' Cytisus'' and '' Genista'', but he regarded it as distinct. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyrolobium
''Argyrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants 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 .... Members of this genus are found in Africa, western and south Asia, and southern Europe. Species ''Argyrolobium'' comprises the following sections and species: Section ''Amplexicaule'' * '' Argyrolobium amplexicaule'' (E. Mey.) Dummer * '' Argyrolobium crinitum'' Walp. Section ''Lunare'' * '' Argyrolobium lunare'' (L.) Druce ** subsp. ''lunare'' ** subsp. ''sericeum'' * '' Argyrolobium splendens'' Walp. Section ''Transvaalense'' * '' Argyrolobium baptisioides'' Walp. * '' Argyrolobium frutescens'' Burtt Davy * '' Argyrolobium longifolium'' (Meissner) Walp. * '' Argyrolobium megarrhizum'' Bolus * '' Argyrolobium m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartium
''Spartium junceum'', known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus ''Spartium''. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera '' Cytisus'' and '' Genista''). Description ''Spartium junceum'' is a vigorous, deciduous shrub growing to tall, rarely , with main stems up to thick, rarely . It has thick, somewhat succulent grey-green rush-like shoots with very sparse small deciduous leaves long and up to broad. The leaves are of little importance to the plant, with much of the photosynthesis occurring in the green shoots (a water-conserving strategy in its dry climate). The leaves fall away early. In late spring and summer shoots are covered in profuse fragrant yellow pea-like flowers 1 to 2 cm across. In late summer, the legumes (seed pods) mature black and reach long. They burst open, often with an audible crack, spreading seed from the parent plant. Taxono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polhillia
''Polhillia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of shrubs and herbs native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... They grow in Mediterranean-climate renosterveld (shrubland) and scrub-grassland, typically in heavy soils. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae. Species ''Polhillia'' comprises the following species: * ''Polhillia brevicalyx'' (C.H.Stirt.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte * ''Polhillia connata'' (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. * ''Polhillia curtisiae'' C.H.Stirt. & Muasya * ''Polhillia connatum'' (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. * ''Polhillia fortunata'' * ''Polhillia groenewaldii'' * ''Polhillia ignota'' Boatwr. * ''Polhillia involucrata'' (Thunb.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte * ''Polhillia obsoleta'' (H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melolobium
''Melolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 14 species of small shrubs or perennial herbs native to southern Africa, which are found in southern and eastern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and most of South Africa. These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Leaves are often sticky with exudate from small surface glands. Some have spine-tipped branches. The leaves have three leaflets. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ... of flowers. The flowers are yellow, sometimes fading orange or purple.Moteetee, A., & van Wyk, B. E. (2006)A revision of the genus ''Melolobium'' (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). ''South African Journal of Botany'', 72(1), 51-98. Species ''Melolobium'' compri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laburnum
''Laburnum'', sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are '' Laburnum anagyroides''—common laburnum and '' Laburnum alpinum''—alpine laburnum. They are native to the mountains of southern Europe from France to the Balkans. Some botanists include a third species, ''Laburnum caramanicum'', but this native of southeast Europe and Anatolia is usually treated in a distinct genus '' Podocytisus'', more closely allied to the ''Genisteae'' (brooms). Description The ''Laburnum'' trees are deciduous. The leaves are trifoliate, somewhat like a clover; the leaflets are typically long in ''L. anagyroides'' and long in ''L. alpinum''. They have yellow pea-flowers in pendulous leafless racemes long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees. In ''L. anagyroides'', the racemes are long, with densely packed flowers; in ''L. alpinum'' the racemes are long, but wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 native to parts of western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia. Gorse is closely related to the brooms, and like them, it has green stems, very small leaves and is adapted to dry growing conditions. However, it differs from the brooms in its extreme thorniness, the shoots being modified into branched thorns long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs. The leaves of young plants are trifoliate, but in mature plants, they are reduced to scales or small spines. All the species have yellow flowers, generally showy, some with a very long flowering season. Species The greatest diversity of ''Ulex'' species is found in the Atlantic portion of the Iberian Peni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erinacea
''Erinacea anthyllis'', the blue broom, hedgehog plant, or rushy kidney vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The sole species in genus ''Erinacea'', it is native to stony mountainous places in the western Mediterranean, including the Pyrenees of France and Spain and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is a dwarf, spiny, evergreen shrub growing to a dome shape tall and wide. It has dense foliage, and lilac coloured pea-like flowers in late spring and early summer. The Latin specific epithet ''anthyllis'' highlights the plant's similarity to the related kidney vetch, ''Anthyllis vulneraria''. Cultivation ''Erinacea anthyllis'' is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is best grown in sun, in sharply-drained alkaline soil which reproduces the limestone of its native habitat. Once established, it is extremely long-lived. Gallery File:ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - MONTSEC - IB-487 (Eriçó).jpg, Montsec de Rúbies, foothills of the Pyrenees File:ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stauracanthus
''Stauracanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and suffrutices native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and northwestern Africa (Algeria and Morocco). They grow in Mediterranean-climate maquis (shrubland), woodland, heaths, and coastal scrub, on sandy or stony alluvium and coastal dunes. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It is sometimes treated as part of the genera '' Genista'' 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. * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellocharis
''Sellocharis paradoxa'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to southern Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... and is the only member of the genus ''Sellocharis''. References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of South Brazil Plants described in 1893 {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podocytisus
''Podocytisus caramanicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula and southern Turkey. It is the only member of the genus ''Podocytisus''. 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 .... References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Flora of Albania Flora of Greece Flora of Turkey Flora of Yugoslavia Plants described in 1849 Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Theodor von Heldreich {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petteria
''Petteria ramentacea'', commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It grows up to 3 meters tall, and flowers in May. It grow in shrubland and scrub from 10 to 700 meters elevation, in both sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean habitats. 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 .... It is the only member of the genus ''Petteria''. References Genisteae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Flora of Yugoslavia Flora of Albania Flora of Greece Plants described in 1822 {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
