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Ruscus hypoglossum (Mouse Thorn)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ruscus hypoglossum is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea. Common names include spineless butcher's-broom, mouse thorn and horse tongue lily. The laurel crown of Caesar was made of Ruscus hypoglossum. The species name comes from two Greek words hypo and glossus meaning under and tongue.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Macchia di Tatti - Berignone 6150 Italy  

Predators

Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale)[2]
Chrysomphalus pallens <Unverified Name>[2]
Dynaspidiotus britannicus (holly scale)[2]
Pinnaspis aspidistrae[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0