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Genus:
Genista Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae
About 87 species (Europe, Canary Islands, Mediterranean to
western Asia); one species is naturalised in southern Africa and an additional
nine species are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI).
Genista monspessulana
Native from Greece to the Azores. |
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Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Genista aetnensis (Mount etna
broom)
Native to Italy. |
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Genista angelica (Petty whin,
Needle furze)
Native to Western Europe and Morocco. |
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Genista falcata
Native to Spain and Portugal. |
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Genista germanica (German
greenweed)
Native to Europe. |
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Genista monosperma
Native to Spain and Portugal. |
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Genista pilosa (Hairy greenweed)
Native to western and central Europe. |
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Genista sphaerocarpa
Native to Spain and Portugal. |
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Genista tinctoria (Dyers'
greenweed)
Native to Europe and western Asia. |
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Genista praecox |
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