該屬可以分為兩個演化支,其一為開紫色和粉色花的岩薔薇(purple pink clade,PPC),另外一個是開白花的岩薔薇(white or whitish pink clade,WWPC)[1][2][3][4]。其分類如下:[5]
Halimium spp.
Halimium spp.
PPC
C. crispus
C. asper
C. chinamadensis
C. horrens
C. ocreatus
C. osbeckiifolius
C. palmensis
C. symphytifolius
C. heterophyllus
C. albidus
C. creticus
WWPC
C. clusii
C. munbyi
C. inflatus
C. ladanifer
C. laurifolius
C. libanotis
C. monspeliensis
C. parviflorus
C. populifolius
C. pouzolzii
C. salviifolius
C. sintenisii
除此之外,該屬還包含有大量的栽培種。
Cistus × dansereaui
Cistus × hybridus
Cistus × purpureus
Cistus × skanbergii
參考文獻
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^Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Cistus L. (Cistaceae) based on ITS, trnL-trnF, and matK sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2005, 37: 644–660. PMID 16055353. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.026.