Fabaceae
Madeira broom
Genista tenera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Genista
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Madeira broom
- Portuguese
- Piorno, Piorno da madeira
Synonyms
- Cytisus congestus (Willd.) Ball
- Cytisus tener Jacq.
- Cytisus tener Jacq. ex Murray
- Cytisus virgatus Link
- Cytisus virgatus (Aiton) Vuk.
- Galactia tenera Kuntze
- Genista congesta (Willd.) Poir.
- Genista gracilis Poir.
- Genista microphylla Webb & Berthel.
- Genista virgata (Aiton) Link
- Spartium congestum Willd.
- Spartium virgatum Aiton
- Telinaria congesta (Willd.) C.Presl
- Telinaria virgata (Aiton) C.Presl
- Teline congesta (Willd.) Webb & Berthel.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.