Stauracanthus Explained

Stauracanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and suffrutices native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and northwestern Africa (Algeria and Morocco). They grow in Mediterranean-climate maquis (shrubland), woodland, heaths, and coastal scrub, on sandy or stony alluvium and coastal dunes. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It is sometimes treated as part of the genera Genista or Ulex.

Species

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

• Stauracanthus boivinii (Webb) Samp.
• Stauracanthus genistoides (Brot.) Samp.
  • subsp. aphyllus (Link)Rothm.
  • subsp. genistoides (Brot.)Samp.
  • subsp. vicentinus (Cout.)Rothm.
• Stauracanthus spectabilis Webb

Notes and References

1. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Stauracanthus . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 15 April 2014 .
2. Web site: GRIN species records of Stauracanthus . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 15 April 2014 .