Adenocarpus
Genus of legumes
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Adenocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to the Mediterranean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa, but finds its highest diversity in Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and the Canary Islands) and the Iberian Peninsula.
| Adenocarpus | |
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| Adenocarpus viscosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Genisteae |
| Genus: | Adenocarpus DC. |
| Species | |
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16–29; see text | |
Species
Adenocarpus comprises the following species:[1][2][3]
- Adenocarpus anagyrifolius Coss. & Balansa
- Adenocarpus artemisiifolius Jahand. et al.
- Adenocarpus bacquei Batt. & Pit.
- Adenocarpus battandieri (Maire) Talavera
- Adenocarpus boudyi Batt. & Maire
- Adenocarpus cincinnatus (Ball) Maire
- Adenocarpus complicatus (L.) Gay
- subsp. bracteatus (Font Quer & Pau) Talavera & P. E. Gibbs
- subsp. complicatus (L.) Gay
- subsp. nainii (Maire) P. E. Gibbs
- Adenocarpus decorticans Boiss.
- Adenocarpus faurei Maire
- Adenocarpus foliolosus (Aiton) DC.
- Adenocarpus hispanicus (Lam.) DC.
- Adenocarpus mannii (Hook. f.) Hook. f.
- Adenocarpus ombriosus Ceballo & Ortuno
- Adenocarpus telonensis (Loisel.) DC.
- Adenocarpus umbellatus Batt.
- Adenocarpus viscosus (Willd.) Webb & Berthel.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:[3]
- Adenocarpus aureus (Cav.) Pau
- Adenocarpus bivonii (C.Presl) C.Presl
- Adenocarpus brutius Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa
- Adenocarpus complicatus J. Gay
- Adenocarpus desertorum Castrov.
- Adenocarpus divaricatus Sweet
- Adenocarpus divaricatus (L'Hér.) Boiss.
- Adenocarpus lainzii (Castrov.) Castrov.
- Adenocarpus rodriguezi Sennen & Mauricio
- Adenocarpus samniticus Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa
- Adenocarpus subdecorticans Humbert & Maire
- Adenocarpus tenoreanus Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov
- Adenocarpus vallisoletanus Sennen & Pau
