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The genus Genista is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Genista

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Genista abchasica Sachokia	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista acanthoclada DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista aetnensis (Biv.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista albida Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista anatolica Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista anglica L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista angustifolia Schischkin	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista arbusensis Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista aristata C.Presl	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista armeniaca Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista aspalathoides Lam.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista aucheri Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ausetana (O. Bolòs & Vigo) Talavera	Accepted		TRO
Genista balearica Porta & Rigo	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista banatica (Simonk.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Genista berberidea Lange	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista burdurensis P.E.Gibbs	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista cadasonensis Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista canariensis L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista capitellata Coss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista carinalis Griseb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista carpetana Lange	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista cephalantha Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista cinerascens Lange	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista cinerea (Vill.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista clavata Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista compacta Schischkin	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista corsica (Loisel.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista cupanii Guss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista depressa M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista desoleana Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista dorycnifolia Font Quer	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ephedroides DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista falcata Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista fasselata Decne.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ferox Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista flagellaris Sommier & Levier	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista florida L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista fukarekiana Micevski & E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista gasparrinii (Guss.) C.Presl	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista germanica L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista haenseleri Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista halacsyi Heldr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista hassertiana (Bald.) Buchegger	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista hillebrandtii H.Christ	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista hirsuta M.Vahl	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista hispanica L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista holopetala (Koch) Bald.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista humifusa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista hystrix Lange	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ifniensis Caball.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista involucrata Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista januensis Viv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista juzepczukii Tzvelev	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista kolakowskyi Sachokia	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista libanotica Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista linifolia L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista lobelii DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista lucida Cambess.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista lydia Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista maderensis (Webb & Berthel.) Lowe	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista majorica Canto & M.J.Sanchez	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista melia Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista michelii Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista micrantha Ortega	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista microcephala Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista microphylla DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista millii Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista mingrelica Albov	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista monspessulana (L.) L.A.S.Johnson	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista morisii Colla	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista mugronensis Vierh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista nevadensis (Esteve & Vara) Rivas Mart. et al.	Accepted		TRO
Genista nissana Petrovic	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista numidica Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista obtusiramea Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista osmariensis Coss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista oxycedrina Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista paivae Lowe	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista parnassica Halacsy	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista pilosa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista polyanthos Willk.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista pseudopilosa Coss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista pulchella Vis.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista quadriflora Munby	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista radiata (L.) Scop.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ramosissima (Desf.) Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sagittalis L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sakellariadis Boiss. & Orph.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista salzmannii DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sanabrensis Valdes Brem. & al.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sandrasica Hartvig & Strid	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sardoa Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista scorpius (L.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista scythica Pacz.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista segonnei (Maire) P.E.Gibbs	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sericea Wulfen	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sessilifolia DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista spachiana Webb	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista spartioides Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista spinulosa Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista suanica Schischkin	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista subcapitata Pancic	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sulcitana Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista sylvestris Scop.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista taurica Dubovik	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tejedensis (Porto & Rigo) C.Vicioso	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tenera (Murray) Kuntze	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista teretifolia Willk.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tetragona Besser	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista thyrrena Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tinctoria L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista toluensis Vals.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tournefortii Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista transcaucasica Schischkin	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista triacanthos Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tricuspidata Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tridens (Cav.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista tridentata L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista ulicina Spach	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista umbellata (L'Her.) Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista valentina (Spreng.) Steud.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista verae Juz.	Accepted		ILDIS
Genista versicolor Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 552 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Genista. Of these 125 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 122 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Genista. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 552 species names for the genus Genista recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	125	22.6%
◕	Synonym	134	24.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	293	53.1%

All names

The status of the 674 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Genista recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	174	25.8%
◕	Synonym	197	29.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	303	45.0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 552 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Genista, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	116	101	0	0	217	39.3%
	Medium confidence	3	27	0	0	30	5.4%
	Low confidence	6	6	0	293	305	55.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Genista, are as follows: