Chamaecytisus

Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus ruthenicus
Scientific classification
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]
AulonixRaf. (1838) DiaxulonRaf. (1838) TubocytisusFourr. (1868) ViborgiaMoench (1794), nom. rej.

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]

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

Species

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

• Chamaecytisus albus (Hacq.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus austriacus (L.) Link
• Chamaecytisus banaticus (Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus borysthenicus (Gruner) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus calcareus (Velen.) Kuzmanov
• Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus danubialis (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus drepanolobus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus elongatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
• Chamaecytisus eriocarpus (Boiss.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus erythropetalus Yıldırım
• Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus (Degen) Kuzmanov ex Greuter, Burdet & G.Long
• Chamaecytisus heuffelii (Wierzb.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link
• Chamaecytisus jankae (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus korabensis Pifkó & Barina
• Chamaecytisus kovacevii (Velen.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii (E.D.Wissjul.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus lasiosemius (Boiss.) Pifkó
• Chamaecytisus leiocarpus (A.Kern.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus lindemannii (Krecz.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus litwinowii (Krecz.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
• Chamaecytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus paczoskii (Krecz.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus pineticola Ivchenko
• Chamaecytisus podolicus (Błocki) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii (Seredin) Czerep.
• Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link
• Chamaecytisus proteus (Zumagl.) Holub
• Chamaecytisus pseudojankae Pifkó & Barina
• Chamaecytisus × pseudorochelii (Simonk.) Pifkó
• Chamaecytisus pulvinatus (Quézel) Raynaud
• Chamaecytisus purpureus (Scop.) Link
• Chamaecytisus pygmaeus (Willd.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis (Schaeff.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus rochelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus ruthenicus (Fisch. ex Woł.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus skrobiszewskii (Pacz.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus spinescens Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus supinus (L.) Link
• Chamaecytisus tommasinii (Vis.) Rothm.
• Chamaecytisus triflorus (Lam.) Skalická
• Chamaecytisus virescens (Kovács ex Neilr.) Dostál
• Chamaecytisus wulfii (Krecz.) Klásk.
• Chamaecytisus zingeri (Nenukow ex Litv.) Klásk.

References

1. "Chamaecytisus Link". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-08-06.
2. Cubas P, Pardo C, Tahiri H (2002). "Molecular approach to the phylogeny and systematics of Cytisus (Leguminosae) and related genera based on nucleotide sequences of nrDNA (ITS region) and cpDNA (trnL–trnF intergenic spacer)". Plant Syst Evol . 233 (3–4): 223–242. Bibcode:2002PSyEv.233..223C. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0194-0.