Colutea cilicicaBoiss. & Balansa

WFO wfo-0000163774 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Colutea cilicica, photographed by Edmundas Greimas
fig. a Edmundas Greimas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 201225515
Colutea cilicica, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. b Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76358731
Colutea cilicica, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. c Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76145976
Colutea cilicica, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. d Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76661723
Colutea cilicica, photographed by bemma
fig. e bemma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105020513
Colutea cilicica, photographed by bemma
fig. f bemma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104993962
Colutea cilicica, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. g Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182876279
Colutea cilicica, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185948829

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Colutea cilicica is native: East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Bulgaria, Greece, Krym, Türkiye-in-Europe East Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeBulgariaGreeceKrymTürkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Colutea cilicica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Colutea arborescens subsp. cilicica (Boiss. & Balansa) Ponert
  • Colutea longialata Koehne
  • Colutea melanocalyx sensu Webb

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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