Colletia
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Colletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, with five species of spiny shrubs. All species of this genus are native to southern South America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.
Taxonomy
=Species=
Colletia comprises the following species:{{cite web | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rhamnaceae/Colletia/ | title = The Plant List entry for Colletia | date = September 2013 | website = The Plant List, v.1.1 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden | accessdate = 14 December 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331505-2 | author=Govaerts R | website = Plants of the World Online | title = Colletia Comm. ex Juss. | publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | accessdate = 15 December 2020}}
- Colletia hystrix Clos - pink crucifixion thorn
- Colletia paradoxa (Spreng.) Escal. - crucifixion thorn, thorn of the cross, anchor plant
- Colletia spartioides Bertero ex Colla
- Colletia spinosissima J.F.Gmel.
- Colletia ulicina Gillies & Hook.
=Species names with uncertain taxonomic status=
The status of the following species and hybrids is unresolved:
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- Colletia crenata Regel (unplaced)
- Colletia cruzerillo Bertero (unplaced)
- Colletia disperma Moc. & Sessé ex DC. (unplaced)
- Colletia horrida Brongn. ex Drap. (unplaced)
- Colletia velutina Spreng. (unplaced)
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=Formerly placed here=
- Celtis iguanaea {{small|(Jacq.) Sarg.}} (as Colletia iguanaea Scop.)
- Discaria americana {{small|Gillies & Hook.}} (as Colletia longispina {{small|Hook. & Arn.}} and C. longissima Steud.)
- Retanilla stricta {{small|Hook. & Arn.}} (as Colletia tetrandra Clos)
- Retanilla trinervia {{small|(Gillies & Hook.) Hook. & Arn.}} (as Colletia treba Bertero ex Colla)
- Rhamnus diffusa {{small|Clos}} (as Colletia maytenoides Griseb.)
- Scutia spicata {{small|(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Weberb.}} (as Colletia spicata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.)
- Trevoa campanulata {{small|(Phil.) Reiche}} (as Colletia campanulata Phil.)
- Trevoa quinquenervia {{small|Gillies & Hook.}} (as Colletia tralhuen Bertero ex Colla)
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}
External links
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- [http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/246.htm Strange Wonderful Things: Colletia paradoxa]
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