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Genista linifolia  L.

Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes

Synon.:  Teline linifolia  (L.) WEBB & BERTHEL.,  Cytisus linifolius  (L.) LAM.

Genus:  Genista  L.,  Teline  MEDIK.,  Cytisus  WILLD.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	WEBB:		Philip Barker Webb (1793 - 1854), English botanist
	BERTHEL.:		Sabin Berthelot (1794 - 1880), French naturalist
	LAM.:		Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744 - 1829), French naturalist
	MEDIK.:		Friedrich Kasimir Medikus ( = Friedrich Casimir Medicus, 1736 - 1808), German physician and botanist
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist

Etymology:
	Genista:		Roman plant name
	linifolia:		flax-leaved
	Teline:		Greek plant name, from telinos = hay
	Cytisus:		kytises = clover bush

Fig. 1:  Genista linifolia / Mediterranean Broom, Flax-Leaf Broom Corsica, Porto 28.5.2010

Fig. 2:  Genista linifolia / Mediterranean Broom, Flax-Leaf Broom Corsica, Porto 28.5.2010

Fig. 3:  Genista linifolia / Mediterranean Broom, Flax-Leaf Broom Corsica, Porto 28.5.2010

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