| Retama raetam | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Retama |
| Species: | R. raetam |
| Binomial name | |
| Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.[1] | |
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Retama raetam is aspecies offlowering plant in the familyFabaceae, native to northern Africa from theWestern Sahara toSudan,Sicily,Israel,Sinai Peninsula, thePalestine region andSaudi Arabia, and widely naturalized elsewhere.[1]
The species was first described in 1775 byPeter Forsskål asGenista raetam.[1][2] The epithet was derived from theHebrew name from theHebrew Bible. Retama raetam is mentioned in theHebrew Bible, inBooks of Kings and inBook of Job. The Hebrew name is "Rotem", and the translated name is "Broom tree".[3] The species was transferred toRetama byPhilip Barker-Webb andSabin Berthelot in part of a publication that has been dated to 1842.[4][5] The species that occurs in theCanary Islands is now considered to beRetama rhodorhizoides,[6] rather thanR. raetam, although the latter name has been used for Canary Island plants.[7]
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