Echinospartum barnadesii
Echinospartum barnadesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Echinospartum
Species:
E. barnadesii
Binomial name
Echinospartum barnadesii
(Graells) Rothm.

Echinospartum barnadesii is a species of plant of the Fabaceae family.

Description

Very thorny, rounded, branched shrub, forming cushions close to the ground. Branches are opposite and grooved. Trifoliate opposite leaves, with narrowly lanceolate leaflets. The flowers are at the end of the branches, gathered in tight clusters of 3 to 9. Yellow corolla, butterfly-shaped, with a silky exterior. Flowers during the summer.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Echinospartum barnadesii subps. dorsisericeum in Teleno, León

In the Iberian Peninsula.[2] In acid soils. Dry, sunny places.

Taxonomy

Echinospartum barnadesii was described by (Graells) Rothm. and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 72: 81. 1941.[3]

Etymology

  • Echinospartum: generic name derived from the Ancient Greek: echînos; Latinised echinus = "hedgehog, marine and terrestrial, dome of chestnuts, and so on"; and the genus Spartium L. Plants of this genus are often spiny and rounded.[4]

Subspecies

Includes two subspecies.

  • Echinospartum barnadesii (Graells) Rothm. subsp. barnadesii which occurs only in the Sierra de Gredos, from 1400 to 2250 meters above sea level and is considered a non-threatened endemic.
  • Echinospartum barnadesii subsp. dorsisericeum G.López which lives between 750 and 2200 meters above sea level in the mountains of the northwest, centre and south of the Iberian Peninsula.[2]

Synonymy

  • Cytisanthus barnadesii (Graells) Gams in Hegi
  • Echinospartum lusitanicum subsp. barnadesii (Graells) C. Vicioso ex M. Laínz
  • Genista barnadesii Graells
  • Genista lusitanica subsp. barnadesii (Graells) C. Vicioso[5]

Common names

In Spanish: acebilla, ardivella, ardivieja, ardiviella, aulaga, bolaga, cambrión, cambronera, cambrón, cambrón, erizo, erizón, escambrión, escambruñeiro, escambrón, espino, espino cambrión, espino cambrón, espino escambrión, espino escambrón, espinu escambrión, gatuña.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Penas, A.; Diez, J.; Llamas, F.; Rodríguez, M. Plantas Silvestres de Castilla y León (in Spanish). Valladolid: Ámbito. ISBN 84-86770-40-8.
  2. 1 2 López González, Ginés A. (2007). Guía de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares (3rd ed.). Madrid: Mundi-Prensa. ISBN 84-8476-312-9.
  3. ↑ "Echinospartum barnadesii". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Flora Vascular".
  5. 1 2 "Echinospartum barnadesii". Real Jardín Botánico. Proyecto Anthos. Retrieved March 31, 2013.


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