Retama rhodorhizoides

Retama rhodorhizoides is a species or subspecies of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae,^[2] endemic to the Canary Islands.^[3]

Retama rhodorhizoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Retama
Species:	R. rhodorhizoides
Binomial name
Retama rhodorhizoides (Webb & Berthel.) Webb & Berthel.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Genista rhodorhizoides Webb & Berthel. Retama microcarpa Webb Retama recutita Webb ex Bolle

Taxonomy

Retama rhodorhizoides was first described by Philip Barker-Webb and Sabin Berthelot in a work dated to 1836–1850 that was initially published in parts. An illustration of the species, first published in 1837, was labelled Genista rhodorhizoides.^[1][4] When the authors published a Latin description in 1842, they transferred the species to Retama.^[1][5]

The species is included in Retama monosperma by some sources,^[6] and, according to the African Plants Database, has been incorrectly identified as Retama raetam by others.^[7] Retama rhodorhizoides is restricted to the Canary Islands.^[3][2]