Category Archives: Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Cytisus// Species: Cytisus eriocarpus Boiss. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Heywood and Frodin (1968 in Tutin et al.) as Cytisus eriocarpus Boiss. According to Micevski (2001), it keys out as Chamaecytisus absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) is Cytisus eriocarpus Boiss. Lifeform: Perrenial; nanophanerophyte accordingContinue reading “Cytisus eriocarpus Boiss. (syn. Chamaecytisus absinthioides (Janka) Kuzmanov)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Cytisus// Species: Cytisus triflorus Lam. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) as Chamaecytisus triflorus (Lam.) Skalická. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) is Cytisus triflorus Lam. Lifeform: Perrenial; nanophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.Continue reading “Cytisus triflorus Lam.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Amorpha// Species: Amorpha fruticosa L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001). Lifeform: Perrenial, shrub of small tree; microphanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native to North America – U.S.A. to Mexico; introduced in New York, parts of South America,Continue reading “Amorpha fruticosa L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Lotus // Species: Lotus corniculatus L. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski in Micevski (2001). Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia, Central Asia, West Asia to West Himalaya and Myanmar, Macaronesia, North, Northeast and East Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants ofContinue reading “Lotus corniculatus L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Vicia // Species: Vicia villosa Roth// Subspecies: Vicia villosa Roth subsp. villosa. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) and Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1968).  Species variability: In the Osogovo region two subspecies of Vicia villosa Roth occur: Vicia villosa Roth subsp. villosa and Vicia villosa subsp. varia (Host) Corb. Distinction between subspecies: subsp. villosa: stems densely villous-hairy; lower calyx teethContinue reading “Vicia villosa Roth subsp. villosa”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Vicia // Species: Vicia villosa Roth// Subspecies: Vicia villosa subsp. varia (Host) Corb. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) and Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1968).  Species variability: In the Osogovo region two subspecies of Vicia villosa Roth occur: Vicia villosa Roth subsp. villosa and Vicia villosa subsp. varia (Host) Corb.Continue reading “Vicia villosa subsp. varia (Host) Corb.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Colutea// Species: Colutea arborescens L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001). Lifeform: Perrenial, shrub; microphanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from Central to South and Southeast Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens,Continue reading “Colutea arborescens L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Trifolium// Species: Trifolium pratense L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001). Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native to Northwest Africa, from Europe to Siberia, China (Xinjiang) and India according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online (RoyalContinue reading “Trifolium pratense L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Trifolium// Species: Trifolium trichopterum Pančić Determined according to the botanical key provided by Coombe in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001). Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Balkan Peninsula according to the Euro+Med Plantbase (ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic GardensContinue reading “Trifolium trichopterum Pančić”