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Taxon

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link

Protologue Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 241. 1822 [Jan-Jun 1822]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 211.jpg

Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 211.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 212.jpg

Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 212.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 213.jpg

Cytisus scoparius--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 213.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Cytisus

Species

scoparius

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; introduced into 37 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 20, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#202,816 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →