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Rhamnus lycioides (black hawthorn)

Synonyms: Rhamnus lycioides var. faureliana; Verlangia sicula (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhamnus lycioides, the black hawthorn, European buckthorn, or Mediterranean buckthorn, is a shrub up to about 1 metre tall in the Rhamnaceae (buckthorn) family. It is found in the Mediterranean region, in southern Europe and northern Africa. Its scientific name lycioides refers to its resemblance to the botanical genus Lycium.
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Infraspecies

Rhamnus lycioides atlantica
Rhamnus lycioides borgiae
Rhamnus lycioides borgii
Rhamnus lycioides bourgeana
Rhamnus lycioides graeca
Rhamnus lycioides laderoi
Rhamnus lycioides lycioides
Rhamnus lycioides oleoides
Rhamnus lycioides velutina

Attributes

Dispersal Mode [1]  Zoochory, Endozoochory

Predators

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 2Frugivorous diet of autumn migrant Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca: a review and new data, A. Hernández, Butll. GCA 16: 53-60, 1999
♦ 3A STUDY OF AVIAN FRUGIVORES, BIRD-DISPERSED PLANTS, AND THElR INTERACTION IN MEDITERRANEAN SCRUBLANDS, CARLOS M. HERRERA, Ecological Monographs, 54(1), 1984, pp. 1-23
♦ 4Frugivory, external morphology and digestive system in Mediterranean sylviid warblers Sylvia spp., Pedro Jordano, IBIS 129: 175-189 (1987)
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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