Retama raetam

Retama raetam

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Genisteae
Genus: Retama
Subgenus: R. subg. Retama
Species: Retama raetam
Subspecies: R. r. subsp. bovei – R. r. subsp. gussonei – R. r. subsp. raetam

Name

Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel. (1842)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Genista raetam Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 214. 1775.

• Homotypic
  • Lygos raetam (Forssk.) Heyw., Feddes Repert. 79(1–2): 53. 1968.
  • Spartium raetam (Forssk.) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 19: 288. 1843.

References

• African Plants Database (version 3.3.2). Retama raetam. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2012 Jan 06.
• Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries 3(2,2): 56. 1842
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retama raetam in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

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