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Retama monosperma (L.)Boiss.

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HIGHER TAXON: Genisteae

GENUS: Retama Raf.

Retama monosperma (L.)Boiss. [Preferred name]
    Genista monosperma (L.)Lam. {Synonym}
    Lygos monosperma (L.)Heywood {Synonym}
    Retama rhodorhizoides Webb & Berthel. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Retama [2191, 2197]; Retama Blanca [2191]; White Broom [548, 2197]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1180, 1880]; Tasmania (I) [1880]
  Europe
Italy (I) [1883]; Portugal (N) [754]; Spain (N) [754]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean bushland & thicket [360];
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];
    Mediterranean/Sahara regional transition zone; grassland. [456];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 456, 526, 754, 2191, 2196] ; Illustration [456, 526, 548, 2188, 2191, 2196, 2197, 2603]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Cristofolini G & Feoli L, 2001-06 Cristofolini G ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1993 Bisby FA

  
USES:
  Environmental [2193]

  
NOTES:
  Endemic to the Med-Checklist area. [454]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.

  Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

454.

  Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
    Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

456.

  Negre, R., 1961
    Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

526.

  Maire, R. (Quezel, P., Ed.), 1987
    Flore de l'Afrique du Nord,Vol.16.Dicots.Leguminosae,part.

548.

  Polunin, O., 1969
    Flowers of Europe. O.U.P.

754.

  Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1140.

  Burkart, A., 1952
    Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas

1180.

  Chen, Te-chao & Wu, Te-lin, 1986
    Typed Script(MO)14pp Enumeration Chinese Caesalpinioideae

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1883.

  Pignatti, S., 1982
    Flora Italica. Edagicole, Bologna.

2188.

  Polunin, O., 1976
    Trees and Bushes of Europe.Oxford Univ.Press

2191.

  Vicioso, C., 1953
    Genisteas Espaniolas 2. Min.de Agric.Madrid No.72

2193.

  Chittenden, F.J., 1951
    The RHS Dictionary of Gardening II. Oxford Univ.Press

2196.

  Dominguez, E., 1987
    Pap.in Flora Vasc.de Andalucia Occ. Ketres,Barcelona

2197.

  Polunin, O. & Smythles, B.E., 1973
    Fls.of South-West Europe.Oxford Univ.Press

2603.

  Parodi, L.R., 1987
    Enciclop.Argentina de Agr.y Jard.(3rd Ed.)Acme:Buenos Aires

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