Retama monosperma
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Retama |
Species: | R. monosperma
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Retama monosperma, the bridal broom[2] or bridal veil broom, is a flowering bush species in the genus Retama, native to the western Mediterranean Basin (from Portugal, Morocco and Canary Islands to Italy and Egypt).[3]
Retama monosperma forms root nodules with Ensifer fredii. The larvae of the moths Phyllonorycter hesperiella and Phyllonorycter spartocytisi feed on R. monosperma.
The seeds contain cytisine, a toxic alkaloid. Fifteen other quinolizidine and three alkaloids can also be isolated from different parts of the plant. In particular, the presence of (+)-sparteine, α- and β-, (+)-17-, (-)-, , (-)-anagyrine, (-)- and (+)- can be detected.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Retama monosperma". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Alkaloids from Retama monosperma ssp. eumonosperma. Touati D, Allain P, Pellecuer J, Fkih-Tetouani S and Agoumi A, Fitoterapia, 1996, volume 67, number 1, pages 49-52, INIST:3027852
External links[]
- Data related to Retama monosperma at Wikispecies
- Media related to Retama monosperma at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Genisteae
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier