Chamaecytisus

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.<ref name = powo/> It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of Cytisus.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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

Species

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• Chamaecytisus absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
  • var. absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
  • var. austriacoides (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. grandiflorus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. heterophyllus (Bornm.) Micevski
  • var. parvifolius (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. pirinicus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
• Chamaecytisus albidus (DC.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus albus (Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom
• Chamaecytisus austriacus (L.) Link
• Chamaecytisus blockianus (Pawl.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus borysthenicus (Gruner) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus calcareus (Velen.) Kuzmanov
• Chamaecytisus capitatus (Scop.) Link
• Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus colchicus (Albov) Port.
• Chamaecytisus creticus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus danubialis (Velen.) Rothm.<ref>Some sources treat Chamaecytisus danubialis as a synonym of Chamaecytisus austriacus.</ref>
• Chamaecytisus dorycnioides (Davidov) Frodin & Heyw.
• Chamaecytisus drepanolobus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus elongatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
• Chamaecytisus eriocarpus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus falcatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus (Degen) Kuzm.
• Chamaecytisus graniticus (Rehmann) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus heuffelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.<ref>Some sources treat Chamaecytisus heuffelii as a synonym of Chamaecytisus austriacus.</ref>
• Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom
• Chamaecytisus jankae (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus kovacevii (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii (Wissjul.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus leiocarpus (A. Kern.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
• Chamaecytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus paczoskii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus podolicus (Blocki) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii Czerep.
• Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. f.) Link—tagasaste
  • subsp. angustifolius (Kuntze) G. Kunkel
  • subsp. meridionalis Acebes
  • subsp. proliferus (L. f.) Link
    • var. calderae Acebes
    • var. canariae (Christ) G. Kunkel
    • var. hierrensis (Pit.) Acebes
    • var. palmensis (Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding
    • var. perezii (Hutch.) G. Kunkel
    • var. proliferus (L. f.) Link
• Chamaecytisus pulvinatus (Quezel) Raynaud
• Chamaecytisus purpureus (Scop.) Link—purple broom
• Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis (Schaeff.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus rochelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.<ref>Some sources treat Chamaecytisus rochelii as a synonym of Chamaecytisus austriacus.</ref>
• Chamaecytisus ruthenicus (Wol.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus spinescens (C. Presl) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus supinus (L.) Link<ref>Some sources treat Chamaecytisus supinus as a synonym of Chamaecytisus hirsutus.</ref>
• Chamaecytisus tommasinii (Vis.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus triflorus Skalicka
• Chamaecytisus wulfii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:<ref name="PlantList" />

• Chamaecytisus ambiguus (Schur) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus anatolicus Güner
• Chamaecytisus biflorus (L'Hér.) Link
• Chamaecytisus gueneri Duman, Baser & Malyer
• Chamaecytisus leucanthus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
• Chamaecytisus mitrushii F.K.Mey.
• Chamaecytisus pumilus (De Not.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus tmolaeus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus virescens (Kováts ex Neilr.) Dostál

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described:<ref name="PlantList" />

• Chamaecytisus ×cetius (Beck) Dostál
• Chamaecytisus ×millenii (Borbás) Dostál
• Chamaecytisus ×pseudorochelii (Simonk.) Pifkó
• Chamaecytisus ×versicolor (Dippel) Karlsson