Bituminaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Psoraleeae
Genus: Bituminaria
Species: B. antiatlantica – B. basaltica – B. bituminosa – B. flaccida – B. kyreniae – B. morisiana – B. palaestina – B. plumosa – B. tunetana

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bituminaria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page.

Name

Bituminaria Heist. ex Fabr.
Synonyms

Aspalthium Medik.
Rhynchodium C.Presl
Kartalinia Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Acar, Salmeri & Giusso, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103(4): 618 (2018)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Macaronesia, Medit. to Caucasus and Arabian Peninsula
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Eritrea, India, South Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Heister, L., 1759., Enumeratio Methodica Plantarum: 165

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants, volume 2. MIM, Deurne. 492pp. In two parts. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bituminaria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bituminaria. Published online. Accessed: May 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bituminaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 26.
Hassler, M. 2021. Bituminaria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bituminaria. Accessed: 26 May 2021.

Vernacular names
العربية: حومان
עברית: שרעול
norsk: Tjaarkliawer

Bituminaria is small genus of perennial herbs in the bean family.

Species[2]

Bituminaria acaulis (Hoffm.) C.H. Stirt.
Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C.H. Stirt.
Bituminaria flaccida (Nábělek) Greuter
Bituminaria morisiana (Pignatti & Metlesics) Greuter[3]

References

Tropicos, Bituminaria Heist. ex Fabr.
The Plant List search for Bituminaria
A pterocarpan from the seeds of Bituminaria morisiana. Marco Leonti, Laura Casu, Jurg Gertsch, Leonardo Bonsignore, Costantino Floris, Mariano Casu and Filippo Cottiglia, J Nat Med (2010) 64:354–357, doi:10.1007/s11418-010-0408-7