Retama raetam

Retama raetam

Retama raetam

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: 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).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Sudan Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia Continental: Europe Regional: Southern Europe Sicilia Introduced into: Greece, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S. 1836–1850. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome 3, partie 2, sect. 3. Phytographia Canariensis. 479 pp., tab. 137–250. Paris: Béthune. BHL Reference page. : 56 (1842)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Retama raetam in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Retama raetam. Published online. Accessed: Jan 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Retama raetam. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Retama raetam. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retama raetam in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Retama raetam. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2012 Jan 06.

Vernacular names

español: retama moruna

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