Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Aliaga, Carqueja, Common Gorse, Espino Amarillo, Furze, Gent, Golden Gorse, Gorse, Maticorena, Tojo, Whin
Common Names in German:
Stechginster
Common Names in Italian:
Ginestra Marina
Common Names in Portuguese:
Tojo, Tojo Arnal
Common Names in Spanish:
Tojo Toxo
Description
Family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]
Subfamily Faboideae
Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,212 meters (0 to 13,819 feet).Mean = 206.960 meters (679.003 feet), Standard Deviation = 265.290 based on 1,843 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Ulex europaea L.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ulex
There are approximately 92 species in this genus:
U. africanus · U. airensis · U. almijarensis · U. aphyllus · U. argenteus · U. argenteus argenteus · U. argenteus erinaceus · U. argenteus subsericeus · U. australis · U. australis welwitschianus · U. autumnalis · U. baeticus · U. boeticus · U. boivini · U. boivinii · U. bonnieri · U. borgiae · U. bourgaeanus · U. brachyacanthus · U. breoganii · U. canescens · U. cantabricus · U. capensis · U. congestus · U. densus · U. ericetarum · U. erinaceus · U. eriophorus · U. europaea · U. europaeus (Kolcolist Zachodni) · U. europaeus 'Aureus' · U. europaeus 'Dubloon' · U. europaeus europaeus (Espino Amarillo) · U. europaeus 'Flore Pleno' · U. europaeus latebracteatus · U. europaeus 'Plenus' · U. europaeus 'Prostratus' · U. europaeus 'Strictus' · U. europaeus 'Surprise' · U. europea · U. europeaus · U. europeus · U. galli · U. gallii (Western Gorse) · U. gallii 'Mizen Head' · U. gallii var. humilis · U. genistoides · U. genistoides genistoides · U. genistoides spectabilis · U. gonneti · U. grandiflorus · U. intermedius · U. jussiaei · U. lagrezii · U. latebracteatus · U. lucidus · U. luridus · U. lusitanicus · U. mauritii · U. megalorites · U. micranthus · U. microclada · U. minor (Dwarf Furze) · U. mitis · U. nanus · U. narcissi · U. opistholepis · U. opistolepis · U. parviflora · U. parviflorus · U. parviflorus africanus · U. parviflorus eriocladus · U. parviflorus funkii · U. parviflorus jussiaei · U. parviflorus parviflorus · U. praviflorus · U. provincialis · U. recurvatus · U. richteri · U. rivasgodayanus · U. salzmanni · U. scaber · U. spartioides · U. spectabilis · U. spicatus · U. subsericeus · U. tazensis · U. vicentinus · U. vidali · U. webbianus · U. welwitschianus · U. willkommi
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Cristofolini G & Feoli L 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 22 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2651023
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-6564
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13664124
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 428603
