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Accession Data:

Ruscus aculeatus L.

  • Common Name: Butcher's Broom, Box Holly
  • Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Oxymyrsine pungens Bubani

  • Country of Origin: Azores, w Europe, to Iran
  • Habitat: edges of dry woods

  • Description: flattened green shoots (cladodes) resembling leaves

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500202
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2103 - MED:Mediterranean C
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 12-13-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • SubFamily: Nolinoideae
  • Tribe: Rusceae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
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2005

References (internal):

  • Cladode (phylloclade)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Great Britain / Hungary / Switzerland / Baleares / Corse / France / Portugal / Sardegna / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Sicilia / Turkey-in-Europe / Yugoslavia / Krym / Algeria / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Azores / Canary Is. / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Cyprus / East Aegean Is. / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Turkey /

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.

data regenerated on Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:21:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Tribe Lomandreae

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Tribe Nolineae

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Tribe Urgineeae

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  • Drimia sp. W/C
  • Drimia uniflora W/C
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