Genista scorpius myriantha (Aulaga)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Aulaga

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Cytiseae ()
        Genus: Genista () - C. Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: scorpius - (Ball)Maire
        Subspecies: myriantha
        Botanical name: - Genista scorpius myriantha (Ball)Maire

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: Jun-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Genista

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

G. aetnensis (Mount Etna Broom) · G. albida (White Genista) · G. anglica (Needle Furze) · G. anglica 'Cloth of Gold' (Needle Furze) · G. canariensis (Canary Broom) · G. hispanica (Anlaga) · G. hispanica hispanica (Spanish Gorse) · G. hispanica occidentalis (Anlaga) · G. linifolia (Flexleaf Broom) · G. lydia (Lydia Broom) · G. maderensis (Madeira Dyer's Greenweed) · G. microphylla (Retama Amarilla) · G. monspessulana (Canary Broom Genista Monspessulana) · G. paivae (Piorno) · G. pilosa (Gold Flash Broom) · G. pilosa 'Goldilocks' (Hairy Greenweed) · G. pilosa 'Vancouver Gold' (Silkyleaf Woadwaxen) · G. radiata (Rayed Broom) · G. sagittalis (Broom) · G. scorpius (Aulaga) · G. scorpius myriantha (Aulaga) · G. scorpius scorpius (Aulaga) · G. spartioides (Bolina) · G. stenopetala (Gacia) · G. tenera (Piorno) · G. tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed) · G. tinctoria tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed) · G. tinctoria 'Royal Gold' (Dyers Greenweed) · G. tournefortii (Aulaga Fina) · G. tridens (Aulaga) · G. tridentata (Carquesia) · G. umbellata (Bolina) · G. x spachiana (Easter Broom)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Cristofolini G & Feoli L 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
ILDIS World Database of Legumes
Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2863227
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5745
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13664041
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427918