Dorycnium
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Dorycnium is a genus of ten species in the pea family
, from the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands
. It is related to (the Old World parts of) Lotus
and Tetragonolobus. Both Tetragonolobus and Dorycnium have sometimes been classified as part of Lotus.
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
, from the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
. It is related to (the Old World parts of) Lotus
Lotus (genus)
Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from...
and Tetragonolobus. Both Tetragonolobus and Dorycnium have sometimes been classified as part of Lotus.