Chamaecytisus

Chamaecytisus
	Chamaecytisus ruthenicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Genisteae
Genus:	; Link (1831)
Species
	41–50; see text.
Synonyms
	Aulonix Raf. (1838); Diaxulon Raf. (1838); Tubocytisus Fourr. (1868); Viborgia Moench (1794), nom. rej.;

Chamaecytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the eastern Mediterranean.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It has been treated as a synonym of Cytisus.^[2]

C. proliferus is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world.

Species

As of August 2025, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

Chamaecytisus albus (Hacq.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus austriacus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus banaticus (Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus borysthenicus (Gruner) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus calcareus (Velen.) Kuzmanov
Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus danubialis (Velen.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus drepanolobus (Boiss.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus elongatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
Chamaecytisus eriocarpus (Boiss.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus erythropetalus Yıldırım
Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus (Degen) Kuzmanov ex Greuter, Burdet & G.Long
Chamaecytisus heuffelii (Wierzb.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus jankae (Velen.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus korabensis Pifkó & Barina
Chamaecytisus kovacevii (Velen.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii (E.D.Wissjul.) Holub
Chamaecytisus lasiosemius (Boiss.) Pifkó
Chamaecytisus leiocarpus (A.Kern.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus lindemannii (Krecz.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus litwinowii (Krecz.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
Chamaecytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus paczoskii (Krecz.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus pineticola Ivchenko
Chamaecytisus podolicus (Błocki) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii (Seredin) Czerep.
Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link
Chamaecytisus proteus (Zumagl.) Holub
Chamaecytisus pseudojankae Pifkó & Barina
Chamaecytisus × pseudorochelii (Simonk.) Pifkó
Chamaecytisus pulvinatus (Quézel) Raynaud
Chamaecytisus purpureus (Scop.) Link
Chamaecytisus pygmaeus (Willd.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis (Schaeff.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus rochelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus ruthenicus (Fisch. ex Woł.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus skrobiszewskii (Pacz.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus spinescens Rothm.
Chamaecytisus supinus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus tommasinii (Vis.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus triflorus (Lam.) Skalická
Chamaecytisus virescens (Kovács ex Neilr.) Dostál
Chamaecytisus wulfii (Krecz.) Klásk.
Chamaecytisus zingeri (Nenukow ex Litv.) Klásk.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chamaecytisus Link". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ Cubas P, Pardo C, Tahiri H (2002). "Molecular approach to the phylogeny and systematics of Cytisus (Leguminosae) and related genera based on nucleotide sequences of nrDNA (ITS region) and cpDNA (trnL–trnF intergenic spacer)". Plant Syst Evol. 233 (3–4): 223–242. Bibcode:2002PSyEv.233..223C. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0194-0.

[POWO_21983-1-1] "Chamaecytisus Link". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[2] Cubas P, Pardo C, Tahiri H (2002). "Molecular approach to the phylogeny and systematics of Cytisus (Leguminosae) and related genera based on nucleotide sequences of nrDNA (ITS region) and cpDNA (trnL–trnF intergenic spacer)". Plant Syst Evol. 233 (3–4): 223–242. Bibcode:2002PSyEv.233..223C. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0194-0.

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