Chamaecytisus

Chamaecytisus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Genisteae
Genus: Chamaecytisus
Species: C. albus – C. austriacus – C. banaticus – C. borysthenicus – C. calcareus – C. cassius – C. danubialis – C. drepanolobus – C. elongatus – C. eriocarpus – C. frivaldszkyanus – C. heuffelii – C. hirsutus – C. jankae – C. korabensis – C. kovacevii – C. kreczetoviczii – C. leiocarpus – C. lindemannii – C. litwinowii – C. mollis – C. nejceffii – C. paczoskii – C. pineticola – C. podolicus – C. ponomarjovii – C. prolifer – C. proteus – C. pseudojankae – C. pulvinatus – C. purpureus – C. pygmaeus – C. ratisbonensis – C. rochelii – C. ruthenicus – C. skrobiszewskii – C. spinescens – C. supinus – C. tommasinii – C. triflorus – C. virescens – C. wulfii – C. zingeri
Nothospecies: C. × pseudorochelii 
Accepted Species without equivalents in Cytisus: C. erythropetalus – C. korabensis –C. pineticola – C. pseudojankae

Name

Chamaecytisus Link, Handbuch 2: 154 (1831).

• Type species: Chamaecytisus prolifer(us) (L.f.) Link, Handbuch 2: 154 (1831).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Viborgia Moench, Methodus: 132 (1794), nom. rej.
  • Aulonix Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 25 (1838).
  • Diaxulon Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 24 (1838).
  • Cytisus sect. Tubocytisus DC., Prodr. 2: 153 (1825).
    • Type species: Cytisus hirsutus L.
    • Tubocytisus (DC.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 358 (1868).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (introduced), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia (introduced), Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia (introduced). Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia West Siberia. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent India. Regional: Malesia Jawa. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. 1831. Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Zweiter Theil. – Grundriss der Kräuterkunde zu Vorlesungen entworfen von D. Carl Ludwig Willdenow. Dritter (Praktischer) Theil. 533 pp. Berlin: In der Haude und Spenerschen Buchhandlung. BHL Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hunter, S., Cardoso, D., Ruhlman, T.A. & Jansen, R.K. 2025. Phylogenomic analyses unravel the tangled evolutionary history of Genisteae (Fabaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 204, p.108249. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108249 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Chamaecytisus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Chamaecytisus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2024. Reference page.

• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Chamaecytisus. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2024. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Chamaecytisus. Accessed: 19 Jan 2024., as Cytisus
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chamaecytisus. Accessed: 2024 Jan 19.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Chamaecytisus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 19. old version, as Cytisus

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Geißklee
English: Brooms