Retama Raf.
Genus represented in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It comprises 4 species, all present in North Africa and one of them is endemic.
Key to species
1 Corolla white 2
1 Corolla yellow 3
2 Corolla 9-16 mm, with an acute keel, acuminate; pod clearlykeeled along the suture line Retama monosperma
2 Corolla 7-10 mm, with an obtuse keel; pod not keeled Retama raetam
3 Calyces and pods glabrous Retama sphaerocarpa
3 Calyces and pods hairy Retama dasycarpa
Vicioso, C. 1955. Genísteas españolas. II. Erinacea, Spartium, Retama, Chamaecytisus, Cytisus, Sarothamnus, Calicotome, Adenocarpus. Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 72: 169-175.
Zohary, M. 1959. A revision of the genus Retama. Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D., Bot. 7: 1-12.
Key to species
1 Corolla white 2
1 Corolla yellow 3
2 Corolla 9-16 mm, with an acute keel, acuminate; pod clearlykeeled along the suture line Retama monosperma
2 Corolla 7-10 mm, with an obtuse keel; pod not keeled Retama raetam
3 Calyces and pods glabrous Retama sphaerocarpa
3 Calyces and pods hairy Retama dasycarpa
Updated by: J. A.Devesa & G. Martínez-Sagarra.