Genista tenera (Jacq.) Kuntze GRIN-Global

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:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

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)

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.
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Eriksson, J. 1874. Studier öfver leguminosernas rotknölar. Acta Univ. Lund. 10(8):1-30.
Gibbs, P. E. 1974. Taxonomic notes on some Canary Island and North African species of Cytisus and Genista. Lagascalia 4:33-41.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984

Common names

English
Madeira broom –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
2	Cultivated

Native
Africa

MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311162. Accessed 20 July 2025.