Definition of Genus Spartium

1. Noun. One species: Spanish broom.

Exact synonyms: Spartium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Spanish Broom, Spartium Junceum, Weaver's Broom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spartium

genus Solenostemon
genus Solidago
genus Somateria
genus Sonchus
genus Sonora
genus Sophora
genus Sorbus
genus Sorex
genus Sorghum
genus Spadella
genus Spalax
genus Sparaxis
genus Sparganium
genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium (current term)
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon

Literary usage of Genus Spartium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1846)
"Several species of the genus Spartium are armed with thorns and prickles. Spartium Spinosum, S. Villosum, S. Horri- dum, belong to this class. ..."

2. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"A number of the species were formerly included under the genus Spartium and some under C/tisus, from which they have been separated by ..."

3. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"A number of the species were formerly included under the genus Spartium and some under C^tisus, from which they have been separated by Lamarck, ..."

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