Cytisus rectipilosus Adam.

Taxonomy: Fam.Fabaceae// Genus: Cytisus// Species: Cytisus rectipilosus Adam.

The species was determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001). This taxon was not included in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1968). It has no entry in the Euro+Med PlantBase, while according to the Plants of the World Online it is a synonym of Cytisus agnipilus Velen. In the Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Cytisus rectipilosus Adam. and Cytisus agnipilus Velen. are considered separate species.

Lifeform: Chamaephyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitatat:  Sparse shrubland, rocky terrains.

Cytisus rectipilosus – habitat. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit in habitat. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – habit. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowering branches. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowers. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – inflorescence with flowers. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – vegetative twigs. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – vegetative twigs. Hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – pods from the  previous year. Specimen from the hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – vegetative twigs. Specimen from the hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – flowers. Specimen from the hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – spent flowers with developing pods. Specimen from the hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cytisus rectipilosus – pods from the previous year. Specimen from the hills west of “Kochanski Dol” locality near Kochani, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cytisus rectipilosus Adamovic. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489945-1

Cytisus agnipilus Velen. https://www.gbif.org/species/5354617

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