Echinospartum

Echinospartum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is possibly synonymous with Genista.

Species

Echinospartum comprises the following species:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Echinospartum boissieri (Spach) Rothm.
- subsp. boissieri (Spach) Rothm.
- subsp. webbii (Spach) Greuter & Burdet
Echinospartum horridum (M. Vahl) Rothm.
Echinospartum ibericum Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata^[5]
- subsp. algibicum (Talavera & Aparicio) Rivas Mart.
- subsp. ibericum Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata
Echinospartum lugdunense (Jord.) Fourr.
Echinospartum lusitanicum (L.) Rothm.
- subsp. barnadesii (Graells) Vicioso
- subsp. lusitanicum (L.) Rothm.

^ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Echinospartum". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Echinospartum". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "The Plant List entry for Echinospartum". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ The validity of Echinospartum ibericum is questionable.

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