Taxon: Cytisus proliferus L. f. var. palmensis Christ

Genus:

Cytisus

Section:

Tubocytisus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Genisteae

Nomen number:

13008

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9:120. 1887

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

21-abr-2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 21-abr-2015

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

2 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(≡) Chamaecytisus palmensis (Christ) F. A. Bisby & K. W. Nicholls
(≡) Chamaecytisus proliferus subsp. palmensis (Christ) G. Kunkel
(≡) Chamaecytisus proliferus var. palmensis (Christ) A. Hansen & Sunding
(≡) Cytisus palmensis (Christ) Hutch.

Common names:

tree-lucerne (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
tagassasto (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
escobón (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
tagasaste (Source: Bot J Linn Soc) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Econ Pl Aust, as Cytisus proliferus)
Animal food: fodder (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 39:149-158. 1992, as Chamaecytisus proliferus var. palmensis)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands (La Palma)]

Naturalized

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Tamil Nadu]

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

Check other web resources for Cytisus proliferus L. f. var. palmensis Christ :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13008. Accessed 7 junio 2026.