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Brooms
Genista
Genista /dʒɛˈnɪstə/ is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, including Cytisus and Chamaecytisus. Brooms in other genera are sometimes considered synonymous with Genista: Echinospartum, Retama, Spartium, Stauracanthus, and Ulex.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
French broom
speciesGenista monspessulana
Genista
sectionGenista
Scorpioides
sectionScorpioides
Hairy Greenweed
speciesGenista pilosa
Winged Broom
speciesGenista sagittalis
Genista tridentata
speciesGenista tridentata
pincushion gorse
speciesGenista hirsuta
German Greenweed
speciesGenista germanica
needle-leaved broom
speciesGenista linifolia
Spanish Gorse
speciesGenista hispanica
Erinacoides
sectionErinacoides
Petty Whin
speciesGenista anglica
Genista triacanthos
speciesGenista triacanthos
Floriferous Greenweed
speciesGenista florida
Sweet broom
speciesGenista stenopetala
hairy greenweed
speciesGenista albida
Genista umbellata
speciesGenista umbellata
Twiggy Broom
speciesGenista radiata
Genista falcata
speciesGenista falcata
Genista tournefortii
speciesGenista tournefortii
canary island broom
speciesGenista canariensis
Mount Etna Broom
speciesGenista etnensis
Ash-coloured Broom
speciesGenista cinerea
Madeira broom
speciesGenista maderensis
Genista fasselata
speciesGenista fasselata
Genista cinerascens
speciesGenista cinerascens
Genista microphylla
speciesGenista microphylla
Madeira broom
speciesGenista tenera
Genista corsica
speciesGenista corsica
Genista tricuspidata
speciesGenista tricuspidata
Genista sylvestris
speciesGenista sylvestris
Genoa Broom
speciesGenista januensis
Genista spartioides
complexGenista spartioides
Genista berberidea
speciesGenista berberidea
Genista micrantha
speciesGenista micrantha
Genista benehoavensis
speciesGenista benehoavensis
Genista patens
speciesGenista patens
Genista tyrrhena
speciesGenista tyrrhena
Silky Broom
speciesGenista sericea
Genista obtusiramea
speciesGenista obtusiramea
Genista ulicina
speciesGenista ulicina
Iberian Petty Whin
speciesGenista ancistrocarpa
Genista libanotica
speciesGenista libanotica
Genista jimenezii
speciesGenista jimenezii
Genista lydia
speciesGenista lydia
Genista angustifolia
speciesGenista angustifolia
Genista verae
speciesGenista verae
Genista depressa
speciesGenista depressa
Genista numidica
speciesGenista numidica
Genista ramosissima
speciesGenista ramosissima
Genista ausetana
speciesGenista ausetana
Genista humifusa
speciesGenista humifusa
Genista ferox
speciesGenista ferox
Genista carinalis
speciesGenista carinalis
Genista tridens
speciesGenista tridens
Genista teretifolia
speciesGenista teretifolia
Genista majorica
speciesGenista majorica
Genista aucheri
speciesGenista aucheri
Genista ifniensis
speciesGenista ifniensis
Genista delphinensis
speciesGenista delphinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.309
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.150
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.177
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.208
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.166
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.252
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.250
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.674
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1033
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.399
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.703
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.58
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Genista in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47407.