Chamaecytisus

Chamaecytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the eastern Mediterranean.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of Cytisus.^[2]

Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus polytrichus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Genisteae
Genus:	Chamaecytisus Link (1831)
Species
41–50; see text.
Synonyms[1]
Aulonix Raf. (1838) Diaxulon Raf. (1838) Tubocytisus Fourr. (1868) Viborgia Moench (1794), nom. rej.

C. palmensis is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world.

Species

Chamaecytisus comprises the following species:^[3][4][5]

• Chamaecytisus absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
  • var. absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
  • var. austriacoides (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. grandiflorus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. heterophyllus (Bornm.) Micevski
  • var. parvifolius (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
  • var. pirinicus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
• Chamaecytisus albidus (DC.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus albus (Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom
• Chamaecytisus austriacus (L.) Link
• Chamaecytisus blockianus (Pawl.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus borysthenicus (Gruner) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus calcareus (Velen.) Kuzmanov
• Chamaecytisus capitatus (Scop.) Link
• Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus colchicus (Albov) Port.
• Chamaecytisus creticus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus danubialis (Velen.) Rothm.^[6]
• Chamaecytisus dorycnioides (Davidov) Frodin & Heyw.
• Chamaecytisus drepanolobus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus elongatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
• Chamaecytisus eriocarpus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus falcatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus (Degen) Kuzm.
• Chamaecytisus graniticus (Rehmann) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus heuffelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.^[7]
• Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom
• Chamaecytisus jankae (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus kovacevii (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii (Wissjul.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus leiocarpus (A. Kern.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
• Chamaecytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus paczoskii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus podolicus (Blocki) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii Czerep.
• Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. f.) Link—tagasaste
  • subsp. angustifolius (Kuntze) G. Kunkel
  • subsp. meridionalis Acebes
  • subsp. proliferus (L. f.) Link
    • var. calderae Acebes
    • var. canariae (Christ) G. Kunkel
    • var. hierrensis (Pit.) Acebes
    • var. palmensis (Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding
    • var. perezii (Hutch.) G. Kunkel
    • var. proliferus (L. f.) Link
• Chamaecytisus pulvinatus (Quezel) Raynaud
• Chamaecytisus purpureus (Scop.) Link—purple broom
• Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis (Schaeff.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus rochelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.^[8]
• Chamaecytisus ruthenicus (Wol.) Klask.
• Chamaecytisus spinescens (C. Presl) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus supinus (L.) Link^[9]
• Chamaecytisus tommasinii (Vis.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus triflorus Skalicka
• Chamaecytisus wulfii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:^[5]

• Chamaecytisus ambiguus (Schur) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus anatolicus Güner
• Chamaecytisus biflorus (L'Hér.) Link
• Chamaecytisus gueneri Duman, Baser & Malyer
• Chamaecytisus leucanthus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
• Chamaecytisus mitrushii F.K.Mey.
• Chamaecytisus pumilus (De Not.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus tmolaeus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus virescens (Kováts ex Neilr.) Dostál

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described:^[5]

• Chamaecytisus ×cetius (Beck) Dostál
• Chamaecytisus ×millenii (Borbás) Dostál
• Chamaecytisus ×pseudorochelii (Simonk.) Pifkó
• Chamaecytisus ×versicolor (Dippel) Karlsson