Genista
See also: genista
Translingual
Genista tinctoria
Etymology
Latin genista, alternative form of genesta (“broom (plant)”)
Proper noun
Genista f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – broom.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Genisteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Genista tinctoria (dyer's greenweed, woadwaxen, dyer's broom) - type species; Genista aetnensis (Mount Etna broom); Genista canariensis (Canary broom), Genista linifolia (Mediterranean broom), Genista maderensis (Madeira dyer's greenweed), Genista monspessulana (French broom, Cape broom, Montpellier broom), Genista stenopetala (leafy broom), Genista tridentata - selected other species; for others see Genista at The Plant List.
References
Genista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Genista on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Genista on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Genista at USDA Plants database
- Genista at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Genista at The Plant List