Editing Retama (section)

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Retama_raetam_%28Puntagorda%29_02.jpg
| image_caption = White flowers of ''[[Retama rhodorhizoides]]''<!--R. raetam is not native to the Canaries-->
| taxon =  Retama
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]
| display_parents = 2
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4–14; see text.
| synonyms = 
* ''Boelia'' {{small|Webb (1853)}}
* ''Lygos'' <small>Adans. (1763), nom. rej.</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_331900-2/>
}}

'''''Retama''''' (also known as '''''rotem''''', {{langx|he|רותם}}) is a genus of flowering bushes in the [[legume]] family, [[Fabaceae]]. It belongs to the [[Broom (shrub)|broom]] tribe, [[Genisteae]].<ref name="Cardoso1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M | year = 2013 | title = Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes | journal = [[South African Journal of Botany|S Afr J Bot]] | volume = 89 | pages = 58–75 | doi = 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2013SAJB...89...58C | hdl = 10566/3193 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> ''Retama'' broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of southern Europe. ''Retama raetam'' and ''Retama monosperma'' have white flowers, while ''Retama sphaerocarpa'' has yellow flowers. It remains an open question in taxonomy whether the members of the genus ''Retama'' should be incorporated into the genus ''[[Genista]]'' (see [[Genisteae]]).

The species contain [[cytisine]], a toxic alkaloid.

In the Spanish language the name ''retama'' is commonly used for broom bushes in general, including the genus ''Retama''.