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Genista stenopetala

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus (Webb & Berthel.) Masf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. gomerae Pit. & Proust (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. magnofoliosus Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. microphylla Pit. & Proust (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. microphyllus Pit. & Proust (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. sericea Pit. & Proust (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus stenopetalus var. sericeus Pit. & Proust (taxonomic synonym)
  • Teline stenopetala (Webb & Berthel.) Webb & Berthel. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Genista maderensis (Webb & Berthel.) Lowe (misapplied)
  • Genista monspessulana (L.) L.A.S.Johnson (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 48 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 19 mm (8-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.8 cm (0.4-1.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.55 m (3.5-3.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231620VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231014N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.