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Taxon: Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C. H. Stirt.

 
Genus: Bituminaria
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Psoraleeae
Nomen number: 312055
Place of publication: Bothalia 13:318. 1981
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 28-spal.-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: potential as forage
  • Environmental: ornamental

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canary Islands]
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Israel, Jordan (w.), Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey
    • CAUCASUS: Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

    Europe
    • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Psoralea
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  3. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  4. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. et al. 1996. A newsletter to promote communication amoung research scientists concerned with the systematics of Leguminosae/Fabaceae. Bean Bag 44:5.
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Psoralea
  6. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  7. Stirton, C. H. 1981. Tribe 11. Psoraleeae (Benth.) Rydb.. Advances in legume systematics. 1:342.

Check other web resources for Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C. H. Stirt. :

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312055. Accessed 4 birželio 2026.