{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Adenocarpus viscosus.jpg |image_caption = ''Adenocarpus viscosus'' |taxon = Adenocarpus |authority = DC. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 16–29; see text }}
'''''Adenocarpus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to the Mediterranean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa, but finds its highest diversity in Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and the Canary Islands) and the Iberian Peninsula.
==Species== ''Adenocarpus'' comprises the following species:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Adenocarpus&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Adenocarpus'' | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | access-date = 1 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?185 | title = GRIN species records of ''Adenocarpus'' | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | access-date = 1 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095816/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?185 | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="PlantList">{{cite web | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Adenocarpus/ | title = The Plant List entry for ''Adenocarpus'' | date = 2013 | website = The Plant List | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden | access-date = 15 April 2014 }}</ref> * ''Adenocarpus anagyrifolius'' <small>Coss. & Balansa</small> <!-- Adenocarpus anagyrus was reclassified as Adenocarpus viscosus. --> <!-- Adenocarpus argyrophyllus was reclassified as Adenocarpus hispanicus. --> * ''Adenocarpus artemisiifolius'' <small>Jahand. ''et al''.</small> * ''Adenocarpus bacquei'' <small>Batt. & Pit.</small> * ''Adenocarpus battandieri'' <small>(Maire) Talavera</small> <!-- Adenocarpus benguellensis was reclassified as Adenocarpus mannii. --> * ''Adenocarpus boudyi'' <small>Batt. & Maire</small> * ''Adenocarpus cincinnatus'' <small>(Ball) Maire</small> <!-- Adenocarpus commutatus was reclassified as Adenocarpus complicatus. --> * ''Adenocarpus complicatus'' <small>(L.) Gay</small> ** subsp. ''bracteatus'' <small>(Font Quer & Pau) Talavera & P. E. Gibbs</small> ** subsp. ''complicatus'' <small>(L.) Gay</small> ** subsp. ''nainii'' <small>(Maire) P. E. Gibbs</small> * ''Adenocarpus decorticans'' <small>Boiss.</small> * ''Adenocarpus faurei'' <small>Maire</small> * ''Adenocarpus foliolosus'' <small>(Aiton) DC.</small> <!-- Adenocarpus frankenioides was reclassified as Adenocarpus viscosus. --> <!-- Adenocarpus graecus was reclassified as Adenocarpus complicatus. --> <!-- Adenocarpus grandiflorus was reclassified as Adenocarpus telonensis. --> * ''Adenocarpus hispanicus'' <small>(Lam.) DC.</small> <!-- Adenocarpus intermedius was reclassified as Adenocarpus complicatus. --> * ''Adenocarpus mannii'' <small>(Hook. f.) Hook. f.</small> * ''Adenocarpus ombriosus'' <small>Ceballo & Ortuno</small> <!-- Adenocarpus parvifolius was reclassified as Adenocarpus complicatus. --> <!-- Adenocarpus segonnei was reclassified as Genista segonnei. --> * ''Adenocarpus telonensis'' <small>(Loisel.) DC.</small> * ''Adenocarpus umbellatus'' <small>Batt.</small> <!-- Adenocarpus villosus was reclassified as Adenocarpus complicatus. --> * ''Adenocarpus viscosus'' <small>(Willd.) Webb & Berthel.</small> <!-- Adenocarpus wolgensis was reclassified as Calophaca wolgarica. -->
==Species names with uncertain taxonomic status== The status of the following species is unresolved:<ref name="PlantList" /> * ''Adenocarpus aureus'' <small>(Cav.) Pau</small> * ''Adenocarpus bivonii'' <small>(C.Presl) C.Presl</small> * ''Adenocarpus brutius'' <small>Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa</small> * ''Adenocarpus complicatus'' <small>J. Gay</small> * ''Adenocarpus desertorum'' <small>Castrov.</small> * ''Adenocarpus divaricatus'' <small>Sweet</small> * ''Adenocarpus divaricatus'' <small>(L'Hér.) Boiss.</small> * ''Adenocarpus lainzii'' <small>(Castrov.) Castrov.</small> * ''Adenocarpus rodriguezi'' <small>Sennen & Mauricio</small> * ''Adenocarpus samniticus'' <small>Brullo & De Marco & Siracusa</small> * ''Adenocarpus subdecorticans'' <small>Humbert & Maire</small> * ''Adenocarpus tenoreanus'' <small>Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov</small> * ''Adenocarpus vallisoletanus'' <small>Sennen & Pau</small>
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