Cytisus

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title: "Cytisus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cytisus", "taxa-named-by-rené-louiche-desfontaines", "fabaceae-genera", "flora-of-the-palearctic-realm"] description: "Genus of legumes" topic_path: "general/cytisus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytisus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of legumes ::

|image = Cytisus scoparius by Danny S. - 001.JPG |image_caption = Cytisus scoparius |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Cytisus |authority = Desf. (1798), nom. cons. |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = {{Species list |Chronanthos |K.Koch (1853) |Corothamnus |(W.D.J.Koch) C.Presl (1844) |Cytisogenista |Duhamel (1755), nom. rej. |Lembotropis |Griseb. (1843) |Meiemianthera |Raf. (1838) |Nubigena |Raf. (1838) |Peyssonelia |Boivin ex Webb & Berthel. (1842) |Sarothamnus |Wimm. (1832) |Scaligera |Adans. (1763) |Spartocytisus |Webb & Berthel. (1842) |Spartotamnus |Webb & Berthel. ex C.Presl (1844) |Verzinum |Raf. (1838)

Cytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Genisteae which are commonly called brooms. They are shrubs producing masses of brightly coloured, pea-like flowers, often highly fragrant. Members of the segregate genera Calicotome, Chamaecytisus, and Lembotropis are sometimes included in Cytisus.

Species

, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepted the following species and natural hybrids:

• Cytisus acutangulus Jaub. & Spach
• Cytisus aeolicus Guss.
• Cytisus agnipilus Velen.
• Cytisus anatolicus (Güner) Vural
• Cytisus arboreus (Desf.) DC.
• Cytisus ardoinoi E.Fourn.
• Cytisus balansae (Boiss.) Ball
• Cytisus cantabricus (Willk.) Rchb.f. & Beck
• Cytisus × cetius Beck
• Cytisus commutatus (Willk.) Briq.
• Cytisus decumbens (Durande) Spach
• Cytisus dieckii (Lange) Fern.Prieto, Nava, Fern.Casado, M.Herrera, Bueno Sánchez, Sa
• Cytisus emeriflorus Rchb.
• Cytisus filipes Webb
• Cytisus fontanesii Spach ex Ball
• Cytisus grandiflorus DC.
• Cytisus gueneri (H.Duman, Ba?er & Malyer) Vural
• Cytisus kerneri Błocki
• Cytisus lotoides Pourr.
• Cytisus malacitanus Boiss.
• Cytisus × millenii Borbás
• Cytisus multiflorus (L'Hér.) Sweet
• Cytisus nigricans L.
• Cytisus orientalis Loisel.
• Cytisus oromediterraneus Rivas Mart. & al.
• Cytisus osyrioides Svent.
• Cytisus procumbens (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Spreng.
• Cytisus proteus Zumagl.
• Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link
• Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm.
• Cytisus supranubius (L.f.) Kuntze
• Cytisus × versicolor Dippel
• Cytisus villosus Pourr.

Award of Garden Merit cultivars

Species have been widely cultivated and hybridised, and the following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

• Cytisus × beanii
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Boskoop Ruby'{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector—Cytisus × boskoopii 'Boskoop Ruby'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/332083/Cytisus-x-boskoopii-Boskoop-Ruby/Details |access-date=15 April 2020}} (deep crimson flowers,)
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Zeelandia' (lilac, pink and cream flowers,)
• Cytisus 'Burkwoodii'{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector—Cytisus 'Burkwoodii'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91725/Cytisus-Burkwoodii/Details |access-date=15 April 2020}} (cerise red or crimson red and yellow edged flowers,)
• Cytisus 'Hollandia'{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector—Cytisus 'Hollandia'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/332078/Cytisus-x-boskoopii-Hollandia/Details |access-date=15 April 2020}} (red and pale cream flowers,)
• Cytisus × kewensis (Cytisus ardoinii × Cytisus multiflorus; small, prostrate shrub with cream flowers)
• Cytisus 'Lena'
• Cytisus nigricans 'Cyni'
• Cytisus × praecox 'Allgold' (yellow flowers)
• Cytisus × praecox 'Warminster' (pale yellow flowers)

References

References

1. (2008). "RHS A–Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
2. . ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Cytisus''"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Cytisus&species~). *Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics*.
3. "''Cytisus'' × ''beanii''". RHS.
4. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Cytisus'' × ''boskoopii'' 'Zeelandia'".
5. Andy McIndoe {{google books. CP7c7vH1ikoC. The Horticulture Gardener’s Guides - Shrubs (2005)
6. "RHS Plant Selector—''Cytisus'' × ''kewensis''".
7. "''Cytisus'' 'Lena'". RHS.
8. "''Cytisus nigricans'' 'Cyni'". RHS.
9. "RHS Plant Selector—''Cytisus'' ×''praecox'' 'Allgold'".
10. "RHS Plant Selector—''Cytisus'' × ''praecox'' 'Warminster'".
11. "''Cytisus'' Desf.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].

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