# Bituminaria

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Bituminaria bituminosa flower.jpg
| image_caption = ''Bituminaria bituminosa''
| taxon = Bituminaria
| authority = [Heist.](/source/Lorenz_Heister) ex [Fabr.](/source/Philipp_Conrad_Fabricius) (1759), nom. cons. prop.<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027797 Tropicos, ''Bituminaria'' Heist. ex Fabr.]</ref><ref name = powo/>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 10; see text
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21815-1 ''Bituminaria'' Heist. ex Fabr.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 13 August 2023.</ref>
| synonyms =
* ''Aspalthium'' <small>[Medik.](/source/Medik.) (1787)</small>
* ''Rhynchodium'' <small>[C.Presl](/source/C.Presl) (1845)</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
}}

'''''Bituminaria''''' is small genus of perennial [herb](/source/herb)s in the [bean family](/source/Fabaceae). It includes 10 species, which range from [Macaronesia](/source/Macaronesia) through [Mediterranean Basin](/source/Mediterranean_Basin) of Europe, north Africa, and Western Asia to the Caucasus and Saudi Arabia.

10 species are accepted:<ref name = powo/>
* ''[Bituminaria antiatlantica](/source/Bituminaria_antiatlantica)'' {{small|Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Cristaudo & Giusso}} – southwestern Morocco
* ''[Bituminaria atropurpurea](/source/Bituminaria_atropurpurea)'' {{small|(Maire) Bogdanović, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Giusso}} – south-central Morocco
* ''[Bituminaria basaltica](/source/Bituminaria_basaltica)'' {{small|Miniss., C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Sciandr.}} – Sicily
* ''[Bituminaria bituminosa](/source/Bituminaria_bituminosa)'' <small>(L.) C.H. Stirt.</small> – Mediterranean Basin and Caucasus
* ''[Bituminaria flaccida](/source/Bituminaria_flaccida)'' <small>(Nábělek) Greuter</small> – Jordan, Sinai, and Saudi Arabia
* ''[Bituminaria kyreniae](/source/Bituminaria_kyreniae)'' {{small|Giusso, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Miniss.}} – Cyprus
* ''[Bituminaria morisiana](/source/Bituminaria_morisiana)'' <small>(Pignatti & Metlesics) Greuter</small><ref>A pterocarpan from the seeds of ''Bituminaria morisiana''. Marco Leonti, Laura Casu, Jurg Gertsch, Leonardo Bonsignore, Costantino Floris, Mariano Casu and Filippo Cottiglia, J Nat Med (2010) 64:354–357, {{doi|10.1007/s11418-010-0408-7}}</ref> – Sardinia
* ''[Bituminaria palaestina](/source/Bituminaria_palaestina)'' {{small|(Bassi) Brullo, C.Brullo, Miniss., Salmeri & Giusso}} – Levant
* ''[Bituminaria plumosa](/source/Bituminaria_plumosa)'' {{small|(Rchb.) Bogdanović, C.Brullo, Brullo, Ljubičić & Giusso}} – Croatia
* ''[Bituminaria tunetana](/source/Bituminaria_tunetana)'' {{small|C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria, El Mokni & Giusso}} – Tunisia

==References==
{{Commons category|Bituminaria}}
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Category:Psoraleeae
Category:Fabaceae genera

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