Retama raetam
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Retama |
| Species: | R. raetam
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| Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.[1]
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Retama raetam is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to northern Africa from the Western Sahara to Sudan, Sicily, the Sinai Peninsula, Palestine and Saudi Arabia, and widely naturalized elsewhere.[1]
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Flowers with pollinating bee, Osmia gracilicornis
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1775 by Peter Forsskål as Genista raetam.[1][2] The epithet was derived from the Arabic name which Forsskål transcribed as "rætæm behâm".[2] The species was transferred to Retama by Philip Barker-Webb and Sabin Berthelot in part of a publication that has been dated to 1842.[3][4] The species that occurs in the Canary Islands is now considered to be Retama rhodorhizoides,[5] rather than R. raetam, although the latter name has been used for Canary Island plants.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ a b Forsskål, Pehr (Peter, Petrus) (1775), "66. Genista raetam", Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin), Havnia, p. 214, OCLC 165494335, retrieved 2018-02-15
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Webb, Philip Barker & Berthelot, Sabin (1842) [title page 1836–1850], "Retama raetam", Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries: Vol. 3(2) Phytographia Canariensis, p. 56, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ Stafleu, Frans A. & Cowan, Richard S. (1988), Taxonomic Literature, Volume VII: W–Z, vol. 7, retrieved 2018-02-02, p. 120
- ^ Salas, Marcos; del Arco, Marcelino; Acebes, Juan Ramón; Naranjo, Agustín & González, Ricardo (2003), "Los retamares de Retama rhodorhizoides Webb & Berthel. en Gran Canaria: Echio decaisnei-Retametum rhodorhizoidis ass. nov." (PDF), Vieraea (in Spanish), 31: 201–206, retrieved 2018-02-15
- ^ Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001), Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.), Madrid: Editorial Rueda, p. 202, ISBN 84-7207-129-4
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