Spartium

Spartium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Spartium
L.
Species:
S. junceum
Binomial name
Spartium junceum
L.
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Spartianthus Link

Species:

  • Cytisus junceus (L.) Vuk.
  • Genista acutifolia Spach
  • Genista Americana Spach
  • Genista hispanica Garsault
  • Genista juncea (L.) Scop.
  • Genista odorata Moench
  • Genista odoratissima Spach
  • Spartanthus americanus Steud.
  • Spartanthus junceus Link
  • Spartium acutifolium Lindl.
  • Spartium americanum Meyen
  • Spartium japonicum Miq.
  • Spartium odoratissimum D.Don ex Steud.
  • Spartium odoratum Dulac

Spartium junceum, known as Spanish broom,[1] rush broom, or weaver's broom,[2] it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus Spartium.[3][4][5] It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera Cytisus and Genista).

  1. ^ NRCS. "Spartium junceum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Spartium junceum". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Spartium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Spartium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ "The Plant List entry for Spartium". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.