Adenocarpus Explained

Adenocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to the Mediterranean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa, but finds its highest diversity in Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and the Canary Islands) and the Iberian Peninsula.

Species

Adenocarpus comprises the following species:^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Adenocarpus anagyrifolius Coss. & Balansa

• Adenocarpus artemisiifolius Jahand. et al.
• Adenocarpus bacquei Batt. & Pit.
• Adenocarpus battandieri (Maire) Talavera

• Adenocarpus boudyi Batt. & Maire
• Adenocarpus cincinnatus (Ball) Maire

• Adenocarpus complicatus (L.) Gay
  • subsp. bracteatus (Font Quer & Pau) Talavera & P. E. Gibbs
  • subsp. complicatus (L.) Gay
  • subsp. nainii (Maire) P. E. Gibbs
• Adenocarpus decorticans Boiss.
• Adenocarpus faurei Maire
• Adenocarpus foliolosus (Aiton) DC.

• Adenocarpus hispanicus (Lam.) DC.

• Adenocarpus mannii (Hook. f.) Hook. f.
• Adenocarpus ombriosus Ceballo & Ortuno

• Adenocarpus telonensis (Loisel.) DC.
• Adenocarpus umbellatus Batt.

• Adenocarpus viscosus (Willd.) Webb & Berthel.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:

• Adenocarpus aureus (Cav.) Pau
• Adenocarpus bivonii (C.Presl) C.Presl
• Adenocarpus brutius Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa
• Adenocarpus complicatus J. Gay
• Adenocarpus desertorum Castrov.
• Adenocarpus divaricatus Sweet
• Adenocarpus divaricatus (L'Hér.) Boiss.
• Adenocarpus lainzii (Castrov.) Castrov.
• Adenocarpus rodriguezi Sennen & Mauricio
• Adenocarpus samniticus Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa
• Adenocarpus subdecorticans Humbert & Maire
• Adenocarpus tenoreanus Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov
• Adenocarpus vallisoletanus Sennen & Pau

Notes and References

1. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Adenocarpus . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 1 April 2014 .
2. Web site: GRIN species records of Adenocarpus . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 1 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095816/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?185 . 24 September 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: The Plant List entry for Adenocarpus . 2013 . . . 15 April 2014 .