Retama raetam

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]

  • Flowers with pollinating bee, Osmia gracilicornis

Retama raetam
In habitat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Retama
Species:
R. raetam
Binomial name
Retama raetam
(Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Genista raetam Forssk.
  • Lygos raetam (Forssk.) Heywood
  • Spartium raetam (Forssk.) Spach

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
  1. "Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-15
  2. Forsskål, Pehr (Peter, Petrus) (1775), "66. Genista raetam", Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin), Havnia, p. 214, OCLC 165494335, retrieved 2018-02-15
  3. 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
  4. Stafleu, Frans A. & Cowan, Richard S. (1988), Taxonomic Literature, Volume VII: W–Z, 7, retrieved 2018-02-02, p. 120
  5. 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
  6. 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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