Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family)
Genus: Rhamnus (Buckthorn)

Synonyms

Related species

Rhamnus alpina L. - Buckthorns
Rhamnus saxatilis Jacq. - Rock Buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica L. - Buckthorn
Rhamnus pumila Turra - Dwarf Buckthorn

Traits

Toxic, shrubby, up to 5 m tall. flowers: unisexual or incompletely ⚥, greenish to yellowish. perianth: mostly 4‑leaved. styli: stylus branches 2–5‑fissured. fruits: drupes, black, 2–4‑seeded. stem: erect, non-spinose. phyllotaxy: alternate. leaves: lamina 5–15 cm lon...

You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Ecology

Links

• Floraweb (deutsch)
• inflora.CH (deutsch)
• wiki (deutsch)
• Tela Botanica (français)
• inflora.CH (français)
• wiki (français)
• inflora.CH (italiano)