Fabaceae

Colutea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 723 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Medit. to China, NE. & E. Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, China South-Central, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Great Britain, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Manchuria, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Rhode I., South Australia, South European Russia, Ukraine, Utah, West Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Pooyan, P., Ghahremaninejad, F. & Assadi, M. (2014). A synopsis of the genus Colutea (Fabaceae) in Iran. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 35-49.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Browicz, Monogr. Bot., Warsaw 14: 3–134 (1963)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 323 (1754)
  • Sp. PI.: 723 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5921] K001122557 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

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