Genista, Willk.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 98

Sect. Phyllospartium Willk. Shrubs with axillary spines and simple leaves. Standard usually glabrous, ovate with an acute apex, usually shorter than the keel. Legume falcate, inflated. Seeds 4-12.