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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 241. 1822 | 
                           
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                           
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Rosanae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Fabales Bromhead 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Fabaceae Lindl. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Genisteae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Cytisus L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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		| Basionym: | 
		Spartium scoparium L. | 
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Spartium scoparium L. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                              		Synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Sarothamnus bourgaei Boiss. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Sarothamnus oxyphyllus Boiss. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) W. D. J. Koch | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm., nom. illeg. | 
							
                           
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						Included taxa:
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					Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link subsp. scoparius
					
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					Cytisus scoparius subsp. maritimus (Rouy) Heywood
					
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		| Comments: | 
		
				from Bryansk Province: near Novozybkov town - A.Bulokhov, 1980, Larger stems are used by cabinetmakers for veneering, Occasionally used for thatching in North England and Scotland, TROPICOS Specimen, Bolivia - 00103565, TROPICOS Specimen, South Carolina - 01675654, TROPICOS Specimen, Virginia - 01675377, Twigs used for making brooms hence its common name, Used in the making of baskets, especially in Madeira, Yields a fibre which is finer but weaker than Spartium junceum | 
			
	 
	
		| Common names: | 
		
				alama (Spanish, Castillian), albareja (Spanish, Castillian), apiorno (Spanish, Castillian), bàlec (Catalan), barredoira (Spanish, Castillian), Besenginster (German), Broom (English), cabestro de oro (Spanish, Castillian), capio (Asturian), chamiça (Portuguese), chamiça (Spanish, Castillian), chinastra (Catalan), chinastra (Valencian), chinestra (Catalan), chinestra (Valencian), codeja (Spanish, Castillian), Common Broom (English), erkatz (Euskera), erkhatz (Euskera), erratza (Euskera), escoba (Asturian), escoba (Galician), escoba (Spanish, Castillian), escoba amarga (Spanish, Castillian), escoba amarilla (Spanish, Castillian), escoba de flor amarilla (Spanish, Castillian), escoba de Galicia (Galician), Escoba Negra (), escoba negra (Spanish, Castillian), escoba negrera (Spanish, Castillian), escobajera (Spanish, Castillian), escobal (Asturian), escobas (Spanish, Castillian), escobón (Spanish, Castillian), escobonera (Spanish, Castillian), escova (Portuguese), estrume (Galician), Genet A Balais (French), genista angulosa (Spanish, Castillian), gesta (Galician), gesta brava (Galician), gesta mansa (Galician), gesta molar (Galician), gesta negra (Galician), gesta negral (Galician), gesteira (Galician), Giesta (), giesta (Galician), giesta (Portuguese), giesta negra (Portuguese), giesta-armela (Portuguese), giesta-brava (Galician), giesta-brava (Portuguese), giesta-ribeirinha (Galician), giesta-ribeirinha (Portuguese), giesteira das vassouras (Portuguese), giesteira menor (Portuguese), giesteira-brava (Portuguese), giesteira-das-vassoiras (Portuguese), giesteira-das-vassouras (Galician), giesteira-das-vassouras (Portuguese), ginesta (Catalan), ginesta (Spanish, Castillian), ginesta angulosa (Spanish, Castillian), ginesta borda (Catalan), ginesta d´escombres (Catalan), ginesta de escombras (Catalan), ginesta prima (Catalan), ginesta/ginestes (Catalan), ginestell (Catalan), ginestell comú (Catalan), ginestrell (Catalan), gisats (Euskera), godua (Catalan), gódua (Catalan), gòdua (Catalan), gòdua (Valencian), gorbiñu (Asturian), hiniesta (Spanish, Castillian), hiniesta blanca (Spanish, Castillian), hiniesta de escobas (Spanish, Castillian), hiniesta escobar (Spanish, Castillian), hiniesta negra (Spanish, Castillian), illesta (Spanish, Castillian), inhiesta (Spanish, Castillian), iniesta (Spanish, Castillian), irasta (Euskera), iriasta (Euskera), iruntzi (Euskera), iruntzi-belarr (Euskera), isasa (Euskera), isats (Euskera), isats arrun (Euskera), isats arrunt (Euskera), isatsa (Euskera), isatza (Euskera), isaxa (Euskera), itsus-kilatz (Euskera), itzuski (Euskera), itzuskilatz (Euskera), jats beltz (Euskera), jiniesta (Spanish, Castillian), larrothe (Euskera), lliroia (Catalan), maias (Galician), maias (Portuguese), maiás (Portuguese), moduga (Catalan), morisca (Spanish, Castillian), piorno (Galician), piorno (Spanish, Castillian), piorno amarillo (Spanish, Castillian), piorno negro (Spanish, Castillian), rebanillo (Spanish, Castillian), retama (Portuguese), retama (Spanish, Castillian), retama amarilla (Spanish, Castillian), retama colorá (Spanish, Castillian), retama de escoba (Spanish, Castillian), Retama De Escobas (), retama de escobas (Spanish, Castillian), retama hiniesta (Spanish, Castillian), retama morisca (Spanish, Castillian), retama negra (Spanish, Castillian), retama silvestre (Spanish, Castillian), retrama (Galician), Scotch Broom (English), Scots Broom (English), tximitza (Euskera), tximizta (Euskera), xesta (Galician), xesta (Portuguese), xesta brava (Galician), xesta brava (Portuguese), xesta de vasoiras (Galician), xesta mansa (Galician), xesta mansa (Portuguese), xesta marela (Galician), xesta molar (Galician), xesta molar (Portuguese), xesta moura (Galician), xesta negra (Galician), xesta negra (Portuguese), xesta negral (Galician), xesta negral (Portuguese), xesteira (Galician), xiniesta (Asturian), xiniesta (Galician), xiniesta (Spanish, Castillian), xirolla (Catalan), Yellow Broom (English), zapaterinos (Asturian), zarika (Euskera), Zharkovetz Metelchatyi (Russian), zumarica (Euskera)[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	 
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	 
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  Au(A) Be(B) Br By Co Cz Da Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu It Ju La Lt Lu Mo No Po Rf(C CS K NW) Rm Sa Si(S) Su Uk(U) [Az Ca Es Md] | 
		
	 
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Weed, Wood | 
			
	 
                        
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