Chamaecytisus

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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 has been treated as a synonym of Cytisus.[2]

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Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus ruthenicus
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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.
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C. proliferus is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world.

Species

As of August 2025, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

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