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Rhamnus alaternus L., 1753

🇬🇧 Mediterranean Buckthorn

🇫🇷 Alaterne, Nerprun alaterne

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Rosales
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Subfamily: Rhamnoideae
  • Tribe: Rhamneae
  • Genus: Rhamnus
  • Species: Rhamnus alaternus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • R. alaternus subsp. alaternus L., 1753, P;
  • R. alaternus subsp. munozgarmendiae Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro, 2011;
  • R. alaternus subsp. pendula (Pamp.) Jafri, 1977.

Photographs

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Rhamnus alaternus
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Rhamnus alaternus
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Rhamnus alaternus
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Rhamnus alaternus - Fruits
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Rhamnus alaternus - Immature fruits
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Rhamnus alaternus - Leaves
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Rhamnus alaternus - Leaves

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