Spartium patens Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 535. 1774.

RCN: 5195.

Neotype (Cristofolini in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 480. 1997): Spain. Cádiz, prope Los Barrios, 1 Feb 1980, Fernandez Casas 2942 [Soc. Exch. Pl. Vasc. Eur. Bassin Medit. Fasc. 19, No. 10335] (FI).

Current name: Cytisus arboreus (Desf.) DC. subsp. baeticus (Webb) Maire ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Talavera & Salgueiro (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 57: 213. 1999) wrongly regard this and Cytisus patens L. (1774) as homotypic.