Genista L.

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Name scientific

Genista L., Sp. Pl. 709-711 (1753)

Preferred name

Genista L.

Linked name

Genista L.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Brownsey, P.J. (1995)

Nomenclature

Original authors

Authors

Publication place

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Year published

1753

Publication page

709-711

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Genista L.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Genista

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Leguminosae

Genus

Genista

Subordinates

Synonyms

Teline Medik.

Descriptions

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Teline Medik.

Description

Shrubs or small trees, not armed. Lvs 3-foliolate, usually petiolate, rarely apetiolate; stipules usually present, rarely 0. Infls racemose, axillary or terminal; bracts and bracteoles small, caducous. Calyx tubular, bilabiate; upper lip deeply 2-fid; lower lip with 3 distinct lobes. Corolla yellow. Stamens connate into a closed tube; alternate anthers long and basifixed or short and versatile. Style glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, ± straight, explosively dehiscent, 2-8-seeded; seeds strophiolate, smooth.