- Genista
image_width = 260px
image_caption =French Broom
regnum =Plantae
subdivisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Faboideae
genus = "Genista"
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = About 90; see text"Genista" is a genus of legumes which includes many species of broom. Many of these brooms are notorious as
noxious weed s.Species include:
*"Genista aetnensis " - Mount Etna broom
*"Genista anglica " - petty whin, needle furze
*"Genista canariensis "
*"Genista cinerea "
*"Genista clavata "
*"Genista corsica "
*"Genista ephedroides "
*"Genista falcata "
*"Genista ferox "
*"Genista florida "
*"Genista fragrans "
*"Genista germanica "
*"Genista hirsuta "
*"Genista linifolia " - flax broom
*"Genista lydia "
*"Genista maderensis "
*"Genista microcephala "
*"Genista monspessulana " - French broom
*"Genista pilosa "
*"Genista pulchella "
*"Genista radiata "
*"Genista sagittalis "
*"Genista scorpius " - aulaga
*"Genista siberica "
*"Genista splendens "
*"Genista stenopetala " - sweet broom, Easter broom
*"Genista sylvestris "
*"Genista tenera "
*"Genista tinctoria " - dyer's broom, woodwaxen
*"Genista tournefortii "
*"Genista triacanthos "
*"Genista tridentata "
*"Genista umbellata "Some brooms in other genera are considered synonymous with "Genista", for example, Spanish broom ("Spartium junceum" syn. "Genista hispanica")
External links
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4898 "Genista" species and synonyms]
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