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Retama monosperma (bridal broom; Retama; White Broom; Retama Blanca)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Retama monosperma, the bridal broom or bridal veil broom, is a flowering bush species in the genus Retama. Retama monosperma forms root nodules with Sinorhizobium fredii. The larvae of the moths Phyllonorycter hesperiella and Phyllonorycter spartocytisi feed on R. monosperma.
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Infraspecies

Retama monosperma rhodorrhizoides

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Diaspidiotus mairei[3]
Lepus granatensis (Granada Hare)[4]
Streblote panda[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Diet of the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) in a mountain ecosystem, Joana Paupério & Paulo Célio Alves, Eur J Wildl Res (2008) 54:571–579
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0