Ulex L.
(gorses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ulex europaeus
Gorse, Furze, Whin
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 		Species 59 images
Ulex gallii
Western Gorse
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 		Species 19 images
Ulex minor
Dwarf Gorse
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 		Species 16 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusUlex (gorses)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Humphries, C.J. & Shaughnessy, E. 1987 Gorse Shire Natural History, 9, 24pp, Shire Publications Ltd.
Kirchner F. & Bullock, J.M. 1999 Separation of Ulex minor and Ulex gallii Watsonia 22: 365-376 (1999).

Ulex (gorses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ulex (gorses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 233 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ulex (gorses)
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