Editing Bituminaria (section)

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Bituminaria bituminosa flower.jpg
| image_caption = ''Bituminaria bituminosa''
| taxon = Bituminaria
| authority = [[Lorenz Heister|Heist.]] ex [[Philipp Conrad Fabricius|Fabr.]] (1759), nom. cons. prop.<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027797 Tropicos, ''Bituminaria'' Heist. ex Fabr.]</ref><ref name = powo/>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 10; see text
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21815-1 ''Bituminaria'' Heist. ex Fabr.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 13 August 2023.</ref>
| synonyms =
* ''Aspalthium'' <small>[[Medik.]] (1787)</small>
* ''Rhynchodium'' <small>[[C.Presl]] (1845)</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
}}

'''''Bituminaria''''' is small genus of perennial [[herb]]s in the [[Fabaceae|bean family]]. It includes 10 species, which range from [[Macaronesia]] through [[Mediterranean Basin]] of Europe, north Africa, and Western Asia to the Caucasus and Saudi Arabia.

10 species are accepted:<ref name = powo/>
* ''[[Bituminaria antiatlantica]]'' {{small|Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Cristaudo & Giusso}} – southwestern Morocco
* ''[[Bituminaria atropurpurea]]'' {{small|(Maire) Bogdanović, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Giusso}} – south-central Morocco
* ''[[Bituminaria basaltica]]'' {{small|Miniss., C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Sciandr.}} – Sicily
* ''[[Bituminaria bituminosa]]'' <small>(L.) C.H. Stirt.</small> – Mediterranean Basin and Caucasus
* ''[[Bituminaria flaccida]]'' <small>(Nábělek) Greuter</small> – Jordan, Sinai, and Saudi Arabia
* ''[[Bituminaria kyreniae]]'' {{small|Giusso, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Miniss.}} – Cyprus
* ''[[Bituminaria morisiana]]'' <small>(Pignatti & Metlesics) Greuter</small><ref>A pterocarpan from the seeds of ''Bituminaria morisiana''. Marco Leonti, Laura Casu, Jurg Gertsch, Leonardo Bonsignore, Costantino Floris, Mariano Casu and Filippo Cottiglia, J Nat Med (2010) 64:354–357, {{doi|10.1007/s11418-010-0408-7}}</ref> – Sardinia
* ''[[Bituminaria palaestina]]'' {{small|(Bassi) Brullo, C.Brullo, Miniss., Salmeri & Giusso}} – Levant
* ''[[Bituminaria plumosa]]'' {{small|(Rchb.) Bogdanović, C.Brullo, Brullo, Ljubičić & Giusso}} – Croatia
* ''[[Bituminaria tunetana]]'' {{small|C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria, El Mokni & Giusso}} – Tunisia