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Taxon:  Genista tenera (Jacq.) Kuntze



Summary
Genus:
Genista
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Genisteae
Nomen number:
311162
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 1:190. 1891
Verified:
02/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cytisus tener Jacq.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Genista virgata Link
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Reference(s)
  1. Arco, M. del et al. 1978. Teline osyrioides (Svent.) Gibbs et Dingw. ssp. sericea (O. Kuntze) comb. et stat. nov., una nueva subespecie de la isla de Tenerife. Vieraea 7:215.
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Gibbs, P. E. 1974. Taxonomic notes on some Canary Island and North African species of Cytisus and Genista. Lagascalia 4:33-41.
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Common names
English
Madeira broom –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311162. Accessed 5 May 2025.