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  1. Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
    1. Genus: Genista L.

      1. Genista anglica L.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Europe to Italy.

    [ILDIS]

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    Conservation
    Not Threatened
    Ecology
    Africa: Mediterranean bushland & thicket
    Habit
    Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
    Vernacular
    Needle Furze, Petty Whin

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Genista anglica L. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Huter, R. [162], Italy K000829703
    Huter, R. [162], Italy K000829702
    Huter, R. [162], Italy K000829701
    Huter, R. [162], Italy K000829704

    Bibliography

    First published in Sp. Pl.: 710 (1753)

    Accepted by

    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
    • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

    Literature

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    • Stace, C. (1991). New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge Univ. Press
    • Maire, R. (Quezel, P., Ed.) (1987). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord, Vol. 16. Dicots. Leguminosae, part.
    • Polunin, O. & Smythles, B. E. (1973). Fls. of South-West Europe. Oxford Univ. Press
    • Polunin, O. (1969). Flowers of Europe. O. U. P.
    • Ross-Craig, S. (1954). Drawings of British Plants Part VII. Reprinted 1979, Vol 3.
    • Chittenden, F. J. (1951). The RHS Dictionary of Gardening II. Oxford Univ. Press

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    International Legume Database and Information Service
    International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0