buckthorn family
Rhamnaceae
The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales.
The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae have a worldwide distribution, but are more common in the subtropical and tropical regions. The earliest fossil evidence of Rhamnaceae is from the Late Cretaceous. Fossil flowers have been collected from the Upper Cretaceous of Mexico and the Paleocene of Argentina.
24 branches of this family, most-observed first
Rhamneae
tribeRhamneae
Ceanothus
genusCeanothus
Paliureae
tribePaliureae
Pomaderreae
tribePomaderreae
Phyliceae
tribePhyliceae
Colletieae
tribeColletieae
Condaliopsis
genusCondaliopsis
Colubrina
genusColubrina
Alphitonia
genusAlphitonia
Gouanieae
tribeGouanieae
Ventilagineae
tribeVentilagineae
Emmenosperma
genusEmmenosperma
Maesopsideae
tribeMaesopsideae
Conalma
genusConalma
Bathiorhamneae
tribeBathiorhamneae
Lasiodiscus
genusLasiodiscus
Ampelozizypheae
tribeAmpelozizypheae
Jaffrea
genusJaffrea
Granitites
genusGranitites
Schistocarpaea
genusSchistocarpaea
Doerpfeldieae
tribeDoerpfeldieae
Fenghwaia
genusFenghwaia
Araracuara
genusAraracuara
Johnstonalia
genusJohnstonalia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49041.