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HIGHER TAXON: Genisteae

GENUS: Cytisus L.

Cytisus scoparius (L.)Link [Preferred name]
    Sarothamnus bourgaei Boiss. {Synonym}
    Sarothamnus oxyphyllus Boiss. {Synonym}
    Sarothamnus scoparius (L.)W.D.J.Koch {Synonym}
    Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm. {Synonym}
    Spartium scoparium L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Besenginster [4546]; Broom [548, 1850, 2080, 2086, 2183, 2188, 2197, 2199, 3030]; Common Broom [1961, 2193]; Escoba Negra [2603]; Genet A Balais [4440]; Giesta [2216]; Retama De Escobas [1140, 2603]; Scotch Broom [1809, 1902, 2089]; Scots Broom [2193]; Yellow Broom [3030]; Zharkovetz Metelchatyi [4322]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Canary Is (I) [1886]; Madeira (I) [2216]; South Africa (I) [8]
  Asia
China (I) [1179, 3443]; India (I) [1914, 3027, 3140, 3382]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Punjab [3382]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Japan (I) [3330]; Russia in Asia (N) [2985]; Krasnodar [2985]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; South Australia [1880]; Victoria [1880]; Tasmania (I) [1880]
  Europe
Austria (N) [754]; Azores (I) [754]; Belarus (N) Brest [4079, 4570, 4579, 4597]; Gomel [4570, 4579, 4597]; Grodno [4079, 4570, 4579, 4597]; Minsk [4079, 4570, 4579, 4597]; Mogilev [4570, 4579, 4597]; Vitebsk [4570, 4579, 4597]; Belgium (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; Czechoslovakia (N) [754]; Denmark (N) [754]; Estonia (I) [4340, 4341]; France (N) [754]; Germany (N) [754]; Great Britain (N) [754]; Greece (N) [454]; Hungary (N) [754]; Ireland (N) [754]; Italy (N) [754]; Latvia (N) [3548, 4636]; Lithuania (N) [4079, 4597]; Moldova (N) [4418, 4663]; Netherlands (N) [754]; Norway (N) [754]; Poland (N) [754]; Portugal (N) [754]; Romania (N) [754]; Russia in Europe (N) Bryansk [4105]; Kaliningrad [4220, 4597]; Leningrad [4302, 4388]; Moscow [4650]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [754]; Spain (N) [754]; Sweden (N) [754]; Switzerland (N) [754]; Ukraine (N) Chernovtsy [4253, 4597]; Ivano-Frankovsk [4256]; Khmelnitski [4254, 4694]; Lvov [4079, 4255, 4256, 4597]; Rovno [4254, 4255, 4694]; Vinnitsa [4694]; Volynia [4254]; Zakarpatskaya [4079, 4255, 4257, 4597]; Zhitomir [4395, 4694]; Yugoslavia (N) [754]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]
  North America
Canada (I) [1809, 3157, 3351]; British Colombia [1809, 3157]; Nova Scotia [1809]; Saskatchewan [3351]; Prince Edward I (I) [1809]; United States (I) [1808, 1850, 2089, 3157, 3326, 3328, 3342, 3349, 3352, 3353]; Alabama [3157]; California [3157, 3326]; Connecticut [3352]; Delaware [3349]; Georgia [3349]; Idaho [3157]; Iowa [3328]; Kentucky [3349]; Maine [3328, 3352]; Maryland [3349]; Massachusetts [3328, 3352]; Michigan [1808, 3328]; Montana [3328]; New Hampshire [3328, 3352]; New Jersey [3328]; New York [3328, 3352]; North Carolina [3349]; Ohio [3328]; Oregon [3157]; Pennsylvania [3328, 3353]; Rhode Island [3352]; South Carolina [3328, 3349]; Tennessee [3349]; Utah [3328, 3342]; Virginia [3328, 3349]; Washington [3157]; West Virginia [3349]
  Pacific Ocean
Antipodean Is (I) [1960]; Chatham Is (I) [2080]; Hawaii (I) [1939]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140, 2603]; Buenos Aires [2603]; Neuquen [2603]; Bolivia (I) [3328]; Chile (I) [1140]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [754, 2080, 2086, 2196, 2603, 3402, 3443, 4663] ; Distribution Map [4597] ; Illustration [548, 2015, 2086, 2089, 2188, 2196, 2199, 2603, 3548, 3568, 3593, 4144, 4157, 4322, 4663]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [4322] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Cristofolini G, 2003-07 Brewer PW, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub [3402] [4322] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [4322] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Cristofolini G & Feoli L, 2001-06 Cristofolini G ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Bisby FA, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (CIS)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Domestic [3138]; Environmental [1961, 2086, 2193, 2207]; Fibre [2207, 2603, 3138]; Food and Drink [3138]; Forage [2207]; Medicine [2207, 2603, 3030, 3138]; Weed [2080, 2086, 2089]; Wood [3138, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  TROPICOS Specimen, South Carolina - 01675654 []
  TROPICOS Specimen, Bolivia - 00103565 []
  Twigs used for making brooms hence its common name [3138]
  Used in the making of baskets, especially in Madeira [3138]
  Occasionally used for thatching in North England and Scotland [3138]
  Yields a fibre which is finer but weaker than Spartium junceum [3138]
  Larger stems are used by cabinetmakers for veneering [3138]
  from Bryansk Province: near Novozybkov town - A.Bulokhov, 1980 [4105]

  
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