Gonocytisus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Genisteae
Genus: Gonocytisus
Species: G. angulatus – G. dirmilensis – G. pterocladus
Name

Gonocytisus Spach (1845)
Synonyms

Homotypic
Genista sect. Gonocytisus (Spach) Taub., Nat. Pflanzenfam. (Engler & Prantl) III. 3: 234 (1893) [1].

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Greece, Turkey-in-Europe
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Libya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Spach, É. 1845. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, ser. 3. 3: 153.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gonocytisus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gonocytisus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 31 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gonocytisus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2021. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2021. Gonocytisus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 31. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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]
References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Gonocytisus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
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.
Gonocytisus Spach. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.