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Cytisus

The genus Cytisus is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cytisus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cytisus acutangulus Jaub. & Spach Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus aeolicus Guss. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus agnipilus Velen. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus albidus DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus albus Hacq. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus arboreus (Desf.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus ardoinii E.Fourn. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus austriacus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus baeticus (Webb) Steud. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus balansae (Boiss.) Ball Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus beanii Dallim. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus benehoavensis (Bolle) Svent. Accepted L ILDIS
Cytisus blockianus Pawl. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus borysthenicus Gruner Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus cantabricus (Willk.) Rchb.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus cassius Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus commutatus (Willk.) Briq. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus creticus Boiss. & Heldr. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus decumbens (Durande) Spach Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus drepanolobus Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus elongatus Waldst. & Kit. Accepted L ILDIS
Cytisus emeriflorus Rchb. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus eriocarpus Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus filipes Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus fontanesii Ball Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus grandiflorus (Brot.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus graniticus Rehmann Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus heterochrous Colmeiro Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus hirsutus L. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus ingramii Blakelock Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus jankae Velen. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus kovacevii Velen. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus kreczetoviczii Wissjul. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus laniger (Desf.) DC. Accepted M TRO
Cytisus lasiosemius Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus leiocarpus A.Kern. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus maderensis (Lowe) A. Chev. Accepted M TRO
Cytisus maurus Humbert & Maire Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus megalanthus (Pau & Font Quer) Font Quer Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus moleroi Fern.Casas Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus multiflorus (L'Her.) Sweet Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus nejceffii (Urum.) Rothm. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus orientalis Loisel. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus paczoskii V.I.Krecz. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus podolicus Blocki Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus praecox Beauverd Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus procumbens (Willd.) Spreng. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus proliferus L.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus pseudoprocumbens Markgr. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus pulvinatus Quezel Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus purgans (L.) Spach Accepted M TRO
Cytisus purpureus Scop. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus ratisbonensis Schaeff. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Bean Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus ruthenicus Wol. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus sauzeanus Burnat & Briq. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus spinescens C.Presl Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus supranubius (L.f.) Kuntze Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus tommasinii Vis. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus triangularis (Willd.) Vis. Accepted M TRO
Cytisus tribracteolatus Webb Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus triflorus Lam. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus valdesii (Ball) Talavera & P.E. Gibbs Accepted M TRO
Cytisus villosus Pourr. Accepted H ILDIS
Cytisus wulfii V.I.Krecz. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 394 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cytisus. Of these 67 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 75 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cytisus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 394 species names for the genus Cytisus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 67 17.0%
Synonym 158 40.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 169 42.9%

All names

The status of the 469 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cytisus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 85 18.1%
Synonym 208 44.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 176 37.5%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 394 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cytisus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 60 112 0 0 172 43.7%
Medium confidence 5 40 0 0 45 11.4%
Low confidence 2 6 0 169 177 44.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cytisus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 62 118 0 0 1 181 45.9%
Tropicos 5 40 0 20 0 65 16.5%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 149 0 149 37.8%