Biology:Fumana

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Fumana
Fumana arabica - Mediterranean rockrose 04.jpg
Fumana arabica, Mediterranean rockrose
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Fumana
(Dunal) Spach[1]

Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region.[2] Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect.[3] Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate. The genus consists of around 20 named species.[4]

List of species

  • Fumana aciphylla
  • Fumana arabica
  • Fumana bonapartei
  • Fumana ericifolia
  • Fumana ericoides
  • Fumana fontanesii
  • Fumana fontqueri
  • Fumana grandiflora
  • Fumana × heywoodii
  • Fumana juniperina
  • Fumana lacidulemiensis
  • Fumana laevipes
  • Fumana laevis
  • Fumana oligosperma
  • Fumana paphlagonica
  • Fumana procumbens
  • Fumana scoparia
  • Fumana thymifolia
  • Fumana trisperma

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3817627 entry