Genista L.
(a genus of brooms)

Interactions where Genista is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is associate of adult			Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms								adult is associated with
		is foodplant of larva			Andrion regensteinense	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Andrion regensteinense/	Andrion regensteinense	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms	?							larva feeds on
		is foodplant of			Polydrusus confluens	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Polydrusus confluens/	Polydrusus confluens	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms	?							feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Sitona striatellus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona striatellus/	Sitona striatellus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms								larva feeds on
		may be infected and damaged by			Armillaria	honey fungi	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/	Armillaria	honey fungi					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms								infects and damages
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Agromyza johannae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza johannae/	Agromyza johannae	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms			leaf		Minor			larva mines leaf
pod wall		pod wall is mined by larva			Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms			pod wall					larva mines pod wall
seed		seed may contain larva			Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms			seed					larva feeds within seed
stem		stem is galled by larva			Pirapion immune	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Pirapion immune/	Pirapion immune	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms	?		stem					larva causes gall of stem
stem (live)		live stem is galled by			Aceria genistae	Broom Gall Mite	Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria genistae/	Aceria genistae	broom gall mite					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms		live	stem					causes gall of live stem
stem (young)		young stem is galled by larva			Protopirapion atratulum	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protopirapion atratulum/	Protopirapion atratulum	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms		young	stem					larva causes gall of young stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Genista (a genus of brooms) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Genista anglica Petty Whin				Species		4 trophisms
Genista pilosa Hairy Greenweed				Species		1 trophisms
Genista sagittalis Winged Greenweed				Species		2 trophisms
Genista sibirica a broom				Species		2 trophisms
Genista tinctoria Dyer’s Greenweed				Species		13 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Genista (a genus of brooms)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Genista is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Genista (a genus of brooms)

Genista (a genus of brooms) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Genista (a genus of brooms):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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