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Genista monspessulana (Cape broom; French broom; Retama; Canary broom; Montpellier Broom; Retamo; White Broom)

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Language: Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Genista monspessulana (syn. Cytisus monspessulanus or Teline monspessulana) also known as French broom, Montpellier broom and Cape broom, is a woody perennial shrub and a legume. The species is native to the Mediterranean region, and is considered an invasive plant in most places where it has been introduced.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Genista monspessulana

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  UV-Green
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Predators

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Pigeon)[5]
Uresiphita reversalis (Genista Broom Moth)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0