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Retama sphaerocarpa (L.)Boiss.

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HIGHER TAXON: Genisteae

GENUS: Retama Raf.

Retama sphaerocarpa (L.)Boiss. [Preferred name]
    Lygos sphaerocarpa (L.)Heywood {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Retama [2191, 2197]; Retama Comun [2191]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Europe
Bulgaria (I) [454]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Spain (N) [454, 754]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 456, 526, 754, 2191, 2196, 2197] ; Illustration [526, 529, 2188, 2191, 2196, 2197]

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

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.

529.

  Ozenda, P., 1977
    Flore du Sahara, Ed.2. Edns.CNRS,Paris.

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

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

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

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