Cyclopia genistoides

Cyclopia genistoides, the common honeybush tea, is a shrub belonging to the genus Cyclopia.^[2] The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It occurs from Malmesbury to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Albertinia. This is the original species from which honeybush tea was made, currently the tea is grown from five Cyclopia species. The plant has lost 25% of its habitat to crop cultivation and suburban development, especially in the lower parts of Malmesbury, Cape Peninsula, Kleinmond, Hermanus and Albertinia. Overexploitation of the species by both legal and illegal tea manufacturers is also a threat.^[3]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Cyclopia genistoides
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Cyclopia
Species:	C. genistoides
Binomial name
Cyclopia genistoides (L.) R.Br.
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Synonyms
Cyclopia galioides E.Mey. ex Benth. Cyclopia genistoides var. heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. Cyclopia genistoides var. teretifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kies Cyclopia heterophylla Eckl. & Zeyh. Cyclopia teretifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Galega genistoides (L.) Thunb. Ibbetsonia genistoides (L.) Sims Sophora genistifolia Salisb. Sophora genistoides L. Virgilia genistoides (L.) Poir.

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