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Genus:
Cytisus
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
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Eurosid I > Fabales
> Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
About 30-35 species (Europe, North Africa and
southwestern Asia), with one species naturalised in southern Africa
(Common broom -
Cytisus scoparius), and a further eight species and
one hybrid that are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Cytisus scoparius (Common broom)
Native to Europe.
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Cytisus canariensis
Native to the Canary Islands. |
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Cytisus capitatus |
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Cytisus glaber
Native from central Europe to Siberia. |
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Cytisus hirsutus
Native from southern Europe to the Caucasus. |
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Cytisus multiflorus
Native to Spain and North Africa. |
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Cytisus nigricans
Native to Europe. |
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Cytisus proliferus
Native to the Canary Islands. |
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Cytisus supinus
Native to Europe. |
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Cytisus x praecox |
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