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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Genista L., Sp. Pl. 709-711 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = 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.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Teline Medik.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 4 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Cristofolini, G.; Troia, A. 2006: A reassessment of the sections of the genus Cytisus Desf. Taxon 55(3): 733–746.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Brownsey, P.J. 1995: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 1988–1993. New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 164.
