''Genista'' is a

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s in the legume

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to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called

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, though the term may also refer to other genera, including ''

Cytisus ''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Ge ...

'' and ''

Chamaecytisus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 43 species which range from the Canary Islands and Morocco through mainland Europe to western Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the easter ...

''. Brooms in other genera are sometimes considered synonymous with ''Genista'': ''Echinospartum'', ''

Retama ''Retama'' (also known as ''rotem'', ) is a genus of flowering bushes in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the broom tribe, Genisteae. ''Retama'' broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of southern Euro ...

'', ''

Spartium ''Spartium junceum'', known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus ''Spartium''. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera '' Cy ...

'', ''

Stauracanthus ''Stauracanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and suffrutices native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and northwestern Africa (Algeria and Morocco). They grow in Mediterr ...

'', and ''

Ulex ''Ulex'' (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are na ...

''.

Description

They are mainly

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shrubs and trees, often with brush-like

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, often spiny to deter browsing, and masses of small, pea-like yellow blooms which are sometimes fragrant. Many of the species have flowers that open explosively when alighted on by an insect, the style flying through the upper seam of the keel and striking the underside of the insect, followed by a shower of pollen that coats the insect. The name of the

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royal line, which reigned in

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from 1154 to 1485, is derived from this genus, being a dialectal variation of ''planta genista''. Several species are widely cultivated for their often sweet-smelling, abundant blooms early in the season, though many are not fully

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'Porlock' has received the

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Species

144 species are currently accepted. ''Genista'' includes the following species: * ''

Genista abchasica ''Genista'' 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 gen ...

'' Sachokia * ''

Genista acanthoclada ''Genista'' 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 gen ...

'' DC. * ''

Genista aetnensis ''Genista aetnensis'', the Mount Etna broom, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is a large shrub or small tree endemic to Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily where it is associated with sunny, open landscapes and poor, st ...

'' (Biv.) DC.—Mount Etna broom * ''

Genista albida ''Genista'' 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 gen ...

'' Willd. * '' Genista anatolica'' Boiss. * '' Genista anglica'' L.—petty whin, needle furze * '' Genista angustifolia'' Schischkin * '' Genista arbusensis'' Vals. * '' Genista aristata'' C. Presl * '' Genista armeniaca'' Spach * '' Genista aspalathoides'' Lam. * '' Genista aucheri'' Boiss. * '' Genista ausetana'' (O. Bolòs & Vigo) Talavera * '' Genista balearica'' Porta & Rigo * '' Genista banatica'' (Simonk.) Holub * ''

Genista benehoavensis ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' (Bolle ex Svent.) del Arco * '' Genista berberidea'' Lange * ''

Genista burdurensis ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' P.E. Gibbs * '' Genista cadasonensis'' Vals. * ''

Genista canariensis ''Genista canariensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by the common names Canary broom, Canary Islands broom or florist's genista. It is native to the Canary Islands, but it grows as an introduced species in ...

'' L. * '' Genista capitellata'' Coss. * ''

Genista carinalis ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Griseb. * '' Genista carpetana'' Lange * '' Genista cephalantha'' Spach * ''

Genista cinerascens ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Lange * '' Genista cinerea'' (Vill.) DC. * '' Genista clavata'' Poir. * '' Genista compacta'' Schischkin * ''

Genista corsica ''Genista corsica'' is a plant endemic to Corsica and Sardinia where it is associated with sunny open landscapes and poor stony soil. It is a common constituent of garrigue and maquis communities. Description ''Genista corsica'' is an erect or ...

'' (Loisel.) DC. * '' Genista cupanii'' Guss. * '' Genista depressa'' M. Bieb. * '' Genista desoleana'' Vals. * '' Genista dorycnifolia'' Font Quer * '' Genista ephedroides'' DC. * '' Genista falcata'' Brot. * '' Genista fasselata'' Decne. * ''

Genista ferox ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Poir. * '' Genista flagellaris'' Sommier & Levier * ''

Genista florida ''Genista florida'', the floriferous greenweed, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. Description Very branched shrub that can reach up to 3 m. The stems have 8 to 10 slightly hairy T-shaped ribs. Leaves alternate e ...

'' L. * '' Genista fukarekiana'' Micevski & E. Mey. * '' Genista gasparrinii'' (Guss.) C. Presl * '' Genista germanica'' L. * '' Genista haenseleri'' Boiss. * '' Genista halacsyi'' Heldr. * '' Genista hassertiana'' (Bald.) Buchegger * '' Genista hillebrandtii'' H. Christ * '' Genista hirsuta'' M. Vahl * ''

Genista hispanica ''Genista hispanica'', the Spanish gorse, or anlaga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Genista holopetala'' (Koch) Bald. * '' Genista humifusa'' L. * '' Genista hystrix'' Lange * '' Genista ifniensis'' Caball. * ''

Genista involucrata ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Spach * '' Genista januensis'' Viv. ** subsp. ''januensis'' Viv. ** subsp. ''

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'' (Boiss.) Kit Tan & Ziel. * '' Genista juzepczukii'' Tzvelev * '' Genista kolakowskyi'' Sachokia * '' Genista libanotica'' Boiss. * '' Genista linifolia'' L.—flax broom * ''

Genista lobelii ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' DC. * '' Genista lucida'' Cambess. * '' Genista maderensis'' (Webb & Berthel.) Lowe * '' Genista majorica'' Canto & M.J. Sanchez * '' Genista melia'' Boiss. * '' Genista michelii'' Spach * '' Genista micrantha'' Ortega * ''

Genista microcephala ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Coss. & Durieu * ''

Genista microphylla ''Genista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (biology), family Fabaceae, native plant, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom (shrub), broom ...

'' DC. * ''

Genista millii ''Genista'' 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 gene ...

'' Boiss. * '' Genista mingrelica'' Albov * ''

Genista monspessulana ''Genista monspessulana'', commonly known as French broom, Montpellier broom, or Cape broom (Australia), is a woody leguminous Perennial plant, perennial shrub. The yellow-flowering bush is native to the Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean region ...

'' (L.) L.A.S. Johnson—French broom, cape broom, Montpellier broom * '' Genista morisii'' Colla * '' Genista mugronensis'' Vierh. * '' Genista nevadensis'' (Esteve & Vara) Rivas Mart., Asensi, Molero Mesa & F. Valle * ''

Genista nissana ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Petrovic * '' Genista numidica'' Spach * '' Genista obtusiramea'' Spach * ''

Genista osmariensis ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Coss. * '' Genista oxycedrina'' Pomel * '' Genista paivae'' Lowe * ''

Genista parnassica ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Halacsy * '' Genista pilosa'' L. * ''

Genista polyanthos ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Willk. * '' Genista pseudopilosa'' Coss. * '' Genista pulchella'' Vis. * '' Genista quadriflora'' Munby * '' Genista radiata'' (L.) Scop. * '' Genista ramosissima'' (Desf.) Poir. * '' Genista sagittalis'' L. * '' Genista sakellariadis'' Boiss. & Orph. * '' Genista salzmannii'' DC. * '' Genista sanabrensis'' Valdes Brem. & al. * '' Genista sandrasica'' Hartvig & Strid * '' Genista sardoa'' Vals. * '' Genista scorpius'' (L.) DC.—aulaga * '' Genista scythica'' Pacz. * ''

Genista segonnei ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' (Maire) P.E. Gibbs * '' Genista sericea'' Wulfen * '' Genista sessilifolia'' DC. * '' Genista sibirica'' L. * '' Genista spachiana'' Webb * '' Genista spartioides'' Spach * '' Genista spinulosa'' Pomel * '' Genista splendens'' Webb & Berthel.Some sources treat ''Genista splendens'' as a synonym of ''Teline linifolia''. * '' Genista stenopetala'' Webb & Berthel.—sweet broom, Easter broom * ''

Genista suanica ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Schischkin * ''

Genista subcapitata ''Genista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (biology), family Fabaceae, native plant, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom (shrub), broom ...

'' Pancic * '' Genista sulcitana'' Vals. * ''

Genista sylvestris ''Genista'' 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 gene ...

'' Scop. ** var. ''pungens'' (Vis.) Rehder ** var. ''sylvestris'' Scop. * '' Genista taurica'' Dubovik * '' Genista tejedensis'' (Porto & Rigo) C. Vicioso * ''

Genista tenera ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' (Murray) Kuntze * '' Genista teretifolia'' Willk. * '' Genista tetragona'' Besser * '' Genista thyrrena'' Vals. * ''

Genista tinctoria ''Genista tinctoria'', the dyer's greenweed or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet ''tinctoria'' means "used as a ...

'' L.—dyer's broom, woodwaxen ** var. ''ovata'' (Waldst. & Kit.) F. W. Schultz ** var. ''tinctoria'' L. * '' Genista toluensis'' Vals. * '' Genista tournefortii'' Spach * '' Genista transcaucasica'' Schischkin * ''

Genista triacanthos ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Brot. * ''

Genista tricuspidata ''Genista'' 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 gene ...

'' Desf. * '' Genista tridens'' (Cav.) DC. * '' Genista tridentata'' L. * '' Genista ulicina'' Spach * '' Genista umbellata'' (L'Hér.) Poir. * '' Genista valentina'' (Spreng.) Steud. * '' Genista verae'' Juz. * ''

Genista versicolor ''Genista'' 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 gener ...

'' Boiss.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Genista abyssinica'' Briq. * ''Genista acquinoctialis'' Briq. * ''Genista acutiflora'' Pau * ''Genista acutifolia'' Spach * ''Genista aegyptiaca'' Spreng. * ''Genista aequinoctialis'' Briq. * ''Genista affghanica'' Briq. * ''Genista africana'' Briq. * ''Genista albanica'' F.K.Mey. * ''Genista alpicola'' Schur * ''Genista alpina'' (Mill.) Spach * ''Genista amana'' Rech.f. * ''Genista amarella'' Lepech. * ''Genista americana'' Spach * ''Genista anabaptizata'' Briq. * ''Genista andreana'' Puiss. * ''Genista apetala'' Spach * ''Genista aphylla'' DC. * ''Genista aprutia'' C.Presl * ''Genista arabica'' (Decne.) Briq. * ''Genista arborea'' Spreng. * ''Genista arborea'' Rouy * ''Genista arborescens'' Mill. ex Spach * ''Genista arcuata'' W.D.J.Koch * ''Genista argentea'' (L.) Noulet * ''Genista armata'' Poir. * ''Genista artwinensis'' Schischk. * ''Genista ascendens'' Briq. * ''Genista austriaca'' (L.) Scheele * ''Genista bakeri'' Briq. * ''Genista bakeria'' Briq. * ''Genista balansae'' (Boiss.) Rouy * ''Genista ballii'' Briq. * ''Genista barbara'' Munby * ''Genista benehoavensis'' (Bolle) del Arco * ''Genista bisflorens'' (Host) Rouy * ''Genista bivonae'' C.Presl * ''Genista bocchierii'' Bacch., Brullo & Feoli Chiapella * ''Genista bourgaei'' Spach ex Nyman * ''Genista bracteolata'' Link * ''Genista britannica'' Rchb. * ''Genista brugnieri'' Spach * ''Genista brutia'' Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. * ''Genista caballeroi'' Pau ex Caball. * ''Genista caespitosa'' K.Koch * ''Genista calcicola'' Schur * ''Genista calycina'' Briq. * ''Genista capensis'' Spach * ''Genista cappadocica'' Spach * ''Genista cassia'' Boiss. * ''Genista catalaunica'' (Webb) Rouy * ''Genista cazorlana'' Debeaux & E.Rev. * ''Genista charegia'' Coss. ex Batt. * ''Genista cilentina'' Vals. * ''Genista cineria'' DC. * ''Genista cirtensis'' Pomel * ''Genista collina'' Briq. * ''Genista commixta'' Spach * ''Genista compressa'' Sol. ex A.Cunn. * ''Genista congesta'' (Willd.) Poir. * ''Genista connata'' Briq. * ''Genista contaminata'' Poir. * ''Genista cordifolia'' Porta * ''Genista coriacea'' Kit. * ''Genista cosoniaca'' Bernardin ex Gand. * ''Genista cossoniana'' Batt. * ''Genista cotinifolia'' Burm.f. * ''Genista crassifolia'' Briq. * ''Genista crebrispina'' Pomel * ''Genista cretica'' (L.) Spach * ''Genista crotalarioides'' Briq. * ''Genista csikii'' Kümmerle & Jáv. * ''Genista cupani'' Guss. * ''Genista cuspidata'' (Cav.) Spach * ''Genista cuspidosa'' DC. * ''Genista cytisoides'' Spach * ''Genista dasycarpa'' Ball * ''Genista daurica'' G.Nicholson * ''Genista defoliata'' Lam. * ''Genista delarbrei'' Lecoq & Lamotte * ''Genista demarcoi'' Brullo, Scelsi & Siracusa * ''Genista densa'' Poir. * ''Genista discolor'' Webb ex Lowe * ''Genista disperma'' Spach * ''Genista divaricata'' Link * ''Genista dorycnioides'' Briq. * ''Genista dumetorum'' G.Nicholson * ''Genista duriaei'' Spach * ''Genista echinata'' Sennen * ''Genista eckloniana'' Briq. * ''Genista elias-sennenii'' Uribe-Ech. & Urrutia * ''Genista elliptica'' (Willd. ex Spreng.) Steud. * ''Genista elliptica'' Kit. * ''Genista elongata'' Scheele * ''Genista elongata'' (Waldst. & Kit.) E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista emirnensis'' Briq. * ''Genista ephedrifolia'' Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange * ''Genista ericetorum'' Hoffmanns. ex Spreng. * ''Genista erinacea'' Gilib. * ''Genista erinaceoides'' (Loisel.) Vierh. * ''Genista eriocarpa'' Kunze * ''Genista europaea'' E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista exaltata'' Link ex DC. * ''Genista filifolia'' Licht. ex Walp. * ''Genista filiformis'' Briq. * ''Genista flaccida'' Briq. * ''Genista foliolosa'' Link * ''Genista formosa'' Carrière * ''Genista fragrans'' Spach * ''Genista friedrichsthaliana'' C.Presl * ''Genista fritschii'' Rech. * ''Genista frutescens'' Schloss. & Vuk. * ''Genista gaditana'' Rouy * ''Genista galioides'' Spach * ''Genista gasparini'' C. Presl * ''Genista genuensis'' Pers. * ''Genista glabra'' Spach * ''Genista gracilis'' Poir. * ''Genista gracilis'' Spach * ''Genista grandiflora'' (DC.) Spach * ''Genista grossii'' Font Quer * ''Genista gymnoptera'' Duby ex Nyman * ''Genista halleri'' Reyn. ex DC. * ''Genista harveyi'' Briq. * ''Genista herbacea'' Lam. * ''Genista hillebrandii'' Christ * ''Genista hirta'' Rouy * ''Genista hybrida'' E.H.L. Krause * ''Genista hypericifolia'' Herb. ex Colla * ''Genista incana'' Briq. * ''Genista incerta'' Friv. ex Griseb. * ''Genista incubacea'' Schur * ''Genista inermis'' Gilib. * ''Genista inermis'' Pančić * ''Genista infesta'' G.Don * ''Genista inops'' Boiss. & Balansa * ''Genista insularis'' Bacch., Brullo & Feoli Chiapella * ''Genista interrupta'' (Cav.) Steud. * ''Genista italica'' Lodd. ex G.Don * ''Genista jacquiniana'' Scheele * ''Genista jaubertii'' Spach * ''Genista jimenezii'' Pau ex Munuera * ''Genista jordani'' Shuttlew. ex Rouy & Fouc. * ''Genista jordanii'' Shuttlew. * ''Genista juasi'' Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don * ''Genista juncea'' Scop. * ''Genista kabylica'' Coss. ex Batt. * ''Genista kochii'' Rouy * ''Genista kotschyi'' Briq. * ''Genista laburnum'' (L.) E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista lampropphylla'' Spach * ''Genista lanigera'' Spach * ''Genista laricifolia'' Burm.f. * ''Genista leptophylla'' Spach * ''Genista lipskii'' (Novopokr. & Schischk.) Novopokr. & Schischk. * ''Genista longirostrata'' Sennen * ''Genista lunaris'' Briq. * ''Genista macrobotrys'' (Maire & Sennen) Sennen * ''Genista madoniensis'' Raimondo * ''Genista maroccana'' Briq. * ''Genista martinii'' Verguin & Soulie * ''Genista mauritiana'' Pau & Sennen * ''Genista microsoma'' Briq. * ''Genista millani'' Caball. * ''Genista milli'' Heldr. ex Boiss. * ''Genista minima'' Bubani * ''Genista minor'' Lam. * ''Genista minor'' Guillon ex Verl. * ''Genista moesiaca'' Velen. * ''Genista mogadorensis'' Pau * ''Genista moleroi'' Talavera & P.E.Gibbs * ''Genista mollis'' (Cav.) DC. * ''Genista montbretii'' Spach * ''Genista multibracteata'' Tausch * ''Genista multicaulis'' Lam. * ''Genista myrtifolia'' Burm.f. * ''Genista nervata'' Hoppe ex Griseb. * ''Genista nigricans'' (L.) Scheele ex Briq. * ''Genista nigricans'' (L.) E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista nitens'' (Willd.) Steud. * ''Genista nitida'' Formánek * ''Genista nodosa'' Tausch * ''Genista notarisii'' Rouy * ''Genista nubigena'' Link * ''Genista nuda'' (Willd.) Steud. * ''Genista obsoleta'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Briq. * ''Genista odorata'' Moench * ''Genista odoratissima'' Spach * ''Genista odoratissima'' Pourr. * ''Genista oliverii'' Spach * ''Genista orientalis'' Spach * ''Genista ornithopodioides'' (Jaub. & Spach) Briq. * ''Genista ottomanica'' Formánek * ''Genista ovina'' Bacch., Brullo & Feoli Chiapella * ''Genista palmatiformis'' Maire & Sennen, in Sennen * ''Genista palmiformis'' (Sennen & Mauricio ex Maire) Maire & Sennen * ''Genista parviflora'' Brot. * ''Genista parvifolia'' G.Don * ''Genista pauciflorum'' Briq. * ''Genista pedunculata'' L'Hér. * ''Genista peloponnesiaca'' Spach * ''Genista pendulina'' Lam. * ''Genista persica'' Poir. * ''Genista pestalozzae'' Boiss. * ''Genista petitiana'' (A.Rich.) Briq. * ''Genista philippi'' Lindl. * ''Genista phrygia'' Bornm. * ''Genista pichisermolliana'' Vals. * ''Genista pilocarpa'' Link * ''Genista pinastrifolia'' Spach * ''Genista polygalaefolia'' DC. * ''Genista polygalaephylla'' Brot. * ''Genista polyphylla'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Briq. * ''Genista polysperma'' Briq. * ''Genista polytricha'' Spach * ''Genista pomeli'' Mares & Vigineix * ''Genista pomeliana'' Maire * ''Genista pomelii'' Marès & Vigin. * ''Genista postranensis'' Formánek * ''Genista pratensis'' Pollini * ''Genista pseudoumbellata'' Caball. * ''Genista pteroclada'' (Boiss.) Spach * ''Genista pulverulenta'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. * ''Genista pungens'' Poir. * ''Genista purpurea'' (Scop.) E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista ramentacea'' (Sieber) Briq. * ''Genista ratisbonensis'' (Schaeff.) E.H.L.Krause * ''Genista raymundi'' Maire & Sennen, in Sennen & Mauricio * ''Genista retama'' G.Nicholson * ''Genista rhodophon'' Webb ex Delile * ''Genista rhodorhizoides'' Webb & Berthel. * ''Genista richteri'' Rouy * ''Genista rigens'' C.Presl * ''Genista rosea'' (Jaub. & Spach) Briq. * ''Genista rostrata'' Poir. * ''Genista salditana'' Pomel * ''Genista salesii'' Sennen * ''Genista salicifolia'' Dippel * ''Genista sauzeana'' (Burnham & Briq.) Rouy * ''Genista schimperiana'' (Hochst.) Briq. * ''Genista scolopendria'' Spach * ''Genista scolopendrina'' Willk. * ''Genista scoparia'' (L.) Lam. * ''Genista scoparia'' Chaix * ''Genista scopolii'' Rouy * ''Genista scorpia'' St.-Lag. * ''Genista scorpionia'' St.-Lag. * ''Genista sennenii'' Font Quer ex Sennen * ''Genista sepiaria'' Lam. * ''Genista sessiliflora'' Briq. * ''Genista sigeriana'' Fuss * ''Genista silana'' Brullo, Gangale & Spamp. * ''Genista sophoroides'' Spach * ''Genista spathulata'' Spach * ''Genista sphaerocarpa'' (L.) Lam. * ''Genista spicata'' Eckl. & Zeyh. ex

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* ''Genista spiniflora'' Lam. * ''Genista stenocarpa'' Janka * ''Genista stenophylla'' Schur * ''Genista stipulacea'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Briq. * ''Genista stylosa'' (Spreng.) G.Don * ''Genista subsecunda'' Schur * ''Genista subsericans'' (Bornm.) Rech.f. * ''Genista supranubia'' (L.f.) Spach * ''Genista syriaca'' (Boiss. & Blanche) Boiss. & Blanche * ''Genista tamarrutii'' Caball. * ''Genista tchihatchewi'' Boiss. * ''Genista tenella'' Willk. * ''Genista tenorei'' G.Don * ''Genista tenorii'' Steud. * ''Genista tenorii'' G. Don * ''Genista tenuispina'' Samp. * ''Genista thebaica'' Spach * ''Genista thyrsiflora'' G.Nicholson * ''Genista tomentella'' Boiss. & Noë * ''Genista tomentosa'' Poir. * ''Genista transsilvanica'' Schur * ''Genista trigonelloides'' (Jaub. & Spach) Briq. * ''Genista tripolitana'' Bornm. * ''Genista triquetra'' (Lam.) L'Hér. * ''Genista triquetra'' Willd. * ''Genista triquetra'' Waldst. & Kit. * ''Genista tyrrhena'' Vals. * ''Genista undulata'' Link * ''Genista uniflora'' (Decne.) Briq. * ''Genista valdes-bermejoi'' Talavera & L.Sáez * ''Genista valsecchiae'' Brullo & De Marco * ''Genista velutina'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Briq. * ''Genista versiflora'' Tausch * ''Genista villosa'' Lam. * ''Genista villosa'' Spach * ''Genista vulgaris'' Garsault * ''Genista vulgaris'' Gray * ''Genista vuralii'' A.Duran & Dural * ''Genista walpersiana'' Briq. * ''Genista weldeniana'' Scheele * ''Genista zeyheri'' Briq.

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described: * ''Genista'' ×''altoportillensis'' Egido & Puente García * ''Genista'' ×''arizagae'' Elorza ''et al''. * ''Genista'' ×''fritschii'' Rech. * ''Genista'' ×''martinii'' Verg. & Soulié * ''Genista'' ×''norpalentina'' J.M.Aparicio ''et al''. * ''Genista'' ×''oweniana'' auct. * ''Genista'' ×''rivasgodayana'' J.Andrés & Llamas * ''Genista'' ×''segurae'' Uribe-Ech. & Urrutia * ''Genista'' ×''uribe-echebarriae'' Urrutia

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q156696 Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus