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. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym of Cytisus.
C. palmensis is a tree from the Canary Islands used as a fodder crop around the world.
Species
Chamaecytisus comprises the following species:
Chamaecytisus absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
var. absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov
var. austriacoides (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
var. grandiflorus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
var. heterophyllus (Bornm.) Micevski
var. parvifolius (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
var. pirinicus (Stoj.) Kuzmanov
Chamaecytisus albidus (DC.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus albus (Hacq.) Rothm.—Portuguese broom, white broom Chamaecytisus austriacus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus blockianus (Pawl.) Klask. Chamaecytisus borysthenicus (Gruner) Klask. Chamaecytisus calcareus (Velen.) Kuzmanov Chamaecytisus capitatus (Scop.) Link Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus colchicus (Albov) Port. Chamaecytisus creticus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus danubialis (Velen.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus dorycnioides (Davidov) Frodin & Heyw. Chamaecytisus drepanolobus (Boiss.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus elongatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link Chamaecytisus eriocarpus (Boiss.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus falcatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Holub Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus (Degen) Kuzm.
Chamaecytisus graniticus (Rehmann) Rothm. Chamaecytisus heuffelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link—big-flower broom, clustered broom
Chamaecytisus jankae (Velen.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus kovacevii (Velen.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus kreczetoviczii (Wissjul.) Holub Chamaecytisus leiocarpus (A. Kern.) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet
Chamaecytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus paczoskii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
Chamaecytisus podolicus (Blocki) Klask.
Chamaecytisus ponomarjovii Czerep.
Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. f.) Link—tagasaste
subsp. angustifolius (Kuntze) G. Kunkel
subsp. meridionalis Acebes
subsp. proliferus (L. f.) Link
var. calderae Acebes
var. canariae (Christ) G. Kunkel
var. hierrensis (Pit.) Acebes
var. palmensis (Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding
var. perezii (Hutch.) G. Kunkel
var. proliferus (L. f.) Link
Chamaecytisus pulvinatus (Quezel) Raynaud
Chamaecytisus purpureus (Scop.) Link—purple broom
Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis (Schaeff.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus rochelii (Wierzb. ex Griseb. & Schenk) Rothm. Chamaecytisus ruthenicus (Wol.) Klask.
Chamaecytisus spinescens (C. Presl) Rothm.
Chamaecytisus supinus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus tommasinii (Vis.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus triflorus Skalicka
Chamaecytisus wulfii (V.I. Krecz.) Klask.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved: Chamaecytisus ambiguus (Schur) Klásk. Chamaecytisus anatolicus Güner Chamaecytisus biflorus (L'Hér.) Link Chamaecytisus gueneri Duman, Baser & Malyer Chamaecytisus leucanthus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link Chamaecytisus mitrushii F.K.Mey. Chamaecytisus pumilus (De Not.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus tmolaeus (Boiss.) Rothm. Chamaecytisus virescens (Kováts ex Neilr.) Dostál
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described: Chamaecytisus ×cetius (Beck) Dostál Chamaecytisus ×millenii (Borbás) Dostál Chamaecytisus ×pseudorochelii (Simonk.) Pifkó Chamaecytisus ×versicolor (Dippel) Karlsson