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Chamaecytisus
Genus of legumes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Chamaecytisus | |
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Chamaecytisus polytrichus | |
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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) |
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41–50; see text. | |
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