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Genista
Genista /dʒɛˈnɪstə/ is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, including Cytisus and Chamaecytisus. Brooms in other genera are sometimes considered synonymous with Genista: Echinospartum, Retama, Spartium, Stauracanthus, and Ulex.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.309
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.150
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.177
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.208
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.166
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.252
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.250
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.674
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1033
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.399
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.703
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.58
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Every page naming Genista in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1634140.