Gonocytisus

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Gonocytisus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Gonocytisus
Spach (1845)
Species [1] [2] [3]

Gonocytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes three species of shrubs native to the eastern Mediterranean, ranging from Greece through Turkey and the levant. They grow in lowland and submontane Mediterranean woodland and shrubland (maquis), where they are often found on cliffs and dry hillsides. [3]

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References

  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Gonocytisus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  2. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Gonocytisus". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 Gonocytisus Spach. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 31 August 2023.