brooms, lupines, and allies
Genisteae
Genisteae is a tribe of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae. It includes a number of well-known plants including broom, lupine (lupin), gorse and laburnum.
The tribe's greatest diversity is in the Mediterranean, and most genera are native to Europe, Africa, the Canary Islands, India and southwest Asia. However, the largest genus, Lupinus, is most diverse in North and South America. Anarthrophytum and Sellocharis are also South American and Argyrolobium ranges into India.
27 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
lupines
genusLupinus
brooms
genusCytisus
Brooms
genusGenista
Gorses
genusUlex
Spanish Brooms
genusSpartium
Chamaecytisus
genusChamaecytisus
Laburnums
genusLaburnum
Retama
genusRetama
Spiny Brooms
genusCalicotome
Silverpods
genusArgyrolobium
Adenocarpus
genusAdenocarpus
Pixiepeas
genusMelolobium
Cytisophyllum
genusCytisophyllum
Erinacea
genusErinacea
Stauracanthus
genusStauracanthus
Echinospartum
genusEchinospartum
Anarthrophyllum
genusAnarthrophyllum
Silverbullets
genusDichilus
Renoster Peas
genusPolhillia
Argyrocytisus
genusArgyrocytisus
Petteria
genusPetteria
Rivasgodaya
genusRivasgodaya
Gonocytisus
genusGonocytisus
Hesperolaburnum
genusHesperolaburnum
Podocytisus
genusPodocytisus
Laburnocytisus
genusLaburnocytisus
Sellocharis
genusSellocharis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 548591.