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Retama raetam ssp. raetam (Forssk.)Webb

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HIGHER TAXON: Genisteae

GENUS: Retama Raf.

Retama raetam ssp. raetam (Forssk.)Webb [Preferred name]
    Genista monosperma sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Lygos raetam (Forssk.)Heywood {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880];
  Middle East
Israel-Jordan (N) [454]; Lebanon-Syria (N) [454]; Sinai (N) [454]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 368] ; Illustration [368, 455]

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

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.

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

368.

  Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
    Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.

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

455.

  Tackholm, V., 1956
    Students'Flora of Egypt. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo.

1880.

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