Genista

Genista (pronounced /dʒɛˈnɪstə/) is a genus of legumes which includes many species of broom. Many of these brooms are notorious as noxious weeds.

Species include: Genista aetnensis - Mount Etna broom
Genista anglica - petty whin, needle furze
Genista canariensis
Genista cinerea
Genista clavata
Genista corsica
Genista ephedroides
Genista falcata
Genista ferox
Genista florida
Genista fragrans
Genista germanica
Genista hirsuta
Genista linifolia - flax broom
Genista lydia
Genista maderensis
Genista microcephala
Genista monspessulana - French broom, cape broom, Montpellier broom
Genista pilosa
Genista pulchella
Genista radiata
Genista sagittalis
Genista scorpius - aulaga
Genista siberica
Genista splendens
Genista stenopetala - sweet broom, Easter broom
Genista sylvestris
Genista tenera
Genista tinctoria - dyer's broom, woodwaxen
Genista tournefortii
Genista triacanthos
Genista tridentata
Genista umbellata

Some brooms in other genera are considered synonymous with Genista, for example, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum syn. Genista hispanica)

Translation

The word "Genista" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Czech: Kručinka, Danish: Visse (planteslægt), German: Ginster, Lithuanian: Prožirnis, Norwegian (Bokmål): Ginster, Low Saxon: Braambusch, Polish: Janowiec (roślina), Russian: Дрок, Swedish: Ginstsläktet, Ukrainian: Дрік.