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Taxon

Genista canariensis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 709. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  085.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 085.jpg

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Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  087.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  088.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  086.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 083.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 083.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  084.jpg

Genista canariensis--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 084.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Canary Is.; introduced into California, India, Oregon, Sri Lanka, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 21, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Genista

Specific Epithet

canariensis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#151,386 of 335,497

Top 46%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →