Genista

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156696
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Summary

Genista is a taxon[1]. Genista ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,795 views/month, #1,417 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Genisteae[4]
  • Taxon name: Genista[5]
  • Commons category: Genista[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Genista[7]
  • Commons gallery: Genista[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Pauly–Wissowa[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4898[14]
  • This taxon is source of: Genista bristle[15]
  • Taxon common name: broom[16], جينيستا[17], Naz[18], Балғыуаҡ[19], Жаўтазель[20], kručinka[21], Visse[22], Ginster[23], Leetpõõsas[24], رنگین زرد[25], Väriherneet[26], Žandawa[27], Rekettye[28], Օրոճ[29]

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Identifiers

Genista's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47407[30]. Genista's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49818[31]. Genista's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13440[32]. Genista's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2940025[33]. Genista's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26707[34].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Genista include besom[35].

Why It Matters

Genista has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Genista is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Genista include besom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 48
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Genisteae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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