Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:741. 1753
Verified:
02/12/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
European gorse – furze – gorse – whin – Afrikaans
gaspeldoring – French
ajonc – ajonc d'Europe – bois jonc – jonc marin – vigneau – German
gewöhnlicher Stechginster – Stechginster – Portuguese
tojo – Spanish
retama espinosa – toxo – Swedish
ärttörne –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | | South America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
Native
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom, Ireland
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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MALESIA:
Indonesia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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REGION:
South America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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MESOAMERICA:
Central America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | boundary/barrier/support | | Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource). |
Environmental | erosion control | | Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Environmental | revegetator | | Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource). |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40812.
Accessed 5 October 2024.