Rhamnus oleoides

Rhamnus oleoides, known as the olive buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.

Taxonomy

Rhamnus oleoides was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762.

Subspecies

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies:

• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. assoana <small>Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro</small> – Spain
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. bourgaeana <small>(Gand.) Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro</small> (synonym Rhamnus bourgaeana <small>Gand.</small>) – Balearic Islands
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. oleoides – Mediterranean to Iran and Saudi Arabia
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. rivasgodayana <small>Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro</small> – eastern and southeastern Spain

Distribution

Rhamnus oleoides is native to the Mediterranean basin (Algeria, the Balearic Islands, Crete, the East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Greece, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, and Tunisia) and eastwards to Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

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