Editing Retama (section)

== Species ==
The number of species in the genus and their [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscription]] varies. {{As of|2023|September}}, [[Plants of the World Online]], based on the African Plant Database, accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_331900-2>{{citation |title=''Retama'' Raf. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331900-2 |access-date=17 September 2023 }}</ref>
*''[[Retama dasycarpa]]'' <small>Coss.</small>
*''[[Retama monosperma]]'' <small>(L.) Boiss.</small>
*''[[Retama raetam]]'' <small>(Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.</small>
*''[[Retama rhodorhizoides]]'' <small>(Webb & Berthel.) Webb & Berthel.</small>
*''[[Retama sphaerocarpa]]'' <small>(L.) Boiss.</small>

''R.&nbsp;rhodorhizoides'' is included in ''R.&nbsp;monosperma'' by some sources,<ref name="TPL_ild-8461">{{citation |title=''Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss.'' |work=The Plant List |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-8461 |access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref> and has been identified as ''R.&nbsp;raetam'' by others.<ref name=APD_225962/> When recognized as a separate species, it is restricted to the [[Canary Islands]].<ref name=POWO_517089-1/>

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File:Colletes on Retama 1.jpg|Female bee (''[[Colletes]]'' sp.) collecting nectar from a ''Retama raetam'' flower, Holot Mash'abim, Northern Negev, [[Israel]]
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