Rhamnus libanotica

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Rhamnus libanotica
Rhamnus libanotica Boiss.jpg
Lebanese buckthorn [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Rhamnus
Species:
R. libanotica
Binomial name
Rhamnus libanotica
Synonyms [3]

Atadinus libanoticus(Boiss.) Hauenschild
Oreoherzogia libanotica(Boiss.) W.Vent
Oreoherzogia tauricaW.Vent
Rhamnus castaneifoliaLebas

Rhamnus libanotica is a species of flowering plant in the Rhamnaceae family. [3] [4] It is referred to by the common name Lebanese buckthorn, and is native to Western Asia from Lebanon and Syria to Turkey. [2]

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References

  1. illustration by John Nugent Fitch - Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 109 [ser. 3, vol. 39]: t. 6721 (1883)
  2. 1 2 "Rhamnus libanotica". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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