Retama raetam
Retama raetam | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Retama |
Species: | R. raetam
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Binomial name | |
Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.[1]
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Retama raetam is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to northern Africa from the Western Sahara to Sudan, Sicily, the Sinai Peninsula, the Palestine region and Saudi Arabia, and widely naturalized elsewhere.[1]
Flowers with pollinating bee,
Taxonomy[]
The species was first described in 1775 by Peter Forsskål as Genista raetam.[1][2] The epithet was derived from the Arabic name which Forsskål transcribed as "rætæm behâm".[2] The species was transferred to Retama by Philip Barker-Webb and Sabin Berthelot in part of a publication that has been dated to 1842.[3][4] The species that occurs in the Canary Islands is now considered to be Retama rhodorhizoides,[5] rather than R. raetam, although the latter name has been used for Canary Island plants.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ a b Forsskål, Pehr (Peter, Petrus) (1775), "66. Genista raetam", Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin), Havnia, p. 214, OCLC 165494335, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ Webb, Philip Barker & Berthelot, Sabin (1842) [title page 1836–1850], "Retama raetam", Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries: Vol. 3(2) Phytographia Canariensis, p. 56, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ Stafleu, Frans A. & Cowan, Richard S. (1988), Taxonomic Literature, Volume VII: W–Z, vol. 7, retrieved 2018-02-02, p. 120
- ^ Salas, Marcos; del Arco, Marcelino; Acebes, Juan Ramón; Naranjo, Agustín & González, Ricardo (2003), "Los retamares de Retama rhodorhizoides Webb & Berthel. en Gran Canaria: Echio decaisnei-Retametum rhodorhizoidis ass. nov." (PDF), Vieraea (in Spanish), 31: 201–206, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001), Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.), Madrid: Editorial Rueda, p. 202, ISBN 84-7207-129-4
- Genisteae
- Flora of North Africa
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Sicily
- Flora of Sinai
- Flora of Saudi Arabia
- Plants described in 1775
- Faboideae stubs