Taxon: Spartium junceum L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

HI*°, OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• genet   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• Spanish-broom   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• weaver's-broom   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• spaanse besem   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• genêt d'Espagne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Binsenginster   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• ginstra   (Source: HerbSpices 2:209.) – Italian
  
• giesteira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• retama   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish
  
• retama de olor   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• retama macho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• retacchu   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish (Bolivia)
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Leg ErWild)
  
• Materials: essential oils; fiber   (fide Flower Oils; Leg WorldEc)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

      Native:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Israel; Lebanon; Syria [w.]; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
• Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. (Esp Veg Prom) 8:481–489.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. (Flower Oils)
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. (F Tunis)
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
• Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup) 325.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Spartium junceum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Spartium junceum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Spartium junceum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?35189 (09 February 2010)

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