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Rhamnus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 193 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000032872.

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Synonyms of Rhamnus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Alaternus Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000001088
Ampeloplis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 33. 1838. wfo-4000001670
Apetlorhamnus Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4(3): 90. 1915. wfo-4000002601
Apetlothamnus Nieuwl. ex Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 474 (1916) wfo-4000002602
Atadinus Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 30 (1838) wfo-4000003513
Atulandra Raf. Sylva Tellur. 31. 1838. wfo-4000003622
Cardiolepis Raf. Neogenyton: 1 (1825) wfo-4000006683
Cervispina Ludw. Inst. Regn. Veg. (ed. 2) 141. wfo-4000007441
Endotropis Raf. Neogenyton : 1 (1825) wfo-4000013429
Forgerouxa Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 124 (1790) wfo-4000014937
Girtanneria Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 121 (1790) wfo-4000015680
Lithoplis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 32. 1838. wfo-4000021985
Oreoherzogia W.Vent Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 65: 44 (1962) wfo-4000027087
Sciadophila Phil. Linnaea 28: 618 (1857) wfo-4000034667
Ventia Hauenschild Taxon 65: 73 (2016) wfo-4000046370

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Rhamnus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus adonaefolia Auct. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 24(2): 388, sphalm. 1899 wfo-0001355425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus adriatica Jord. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 145. 1878 [Sep 1878] wfo-0000462517
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus agrestis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 197. 1790 [Sep 1790] wfo-0000462524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alaternoides P.Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 156. 1897 wfo-0000462525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alaternus f. neoparvifolia Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro Int. J. Geobot. Res. 1(1): 62. 2011 wfo-0001325808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alaternus subsp. alaternus wfo-1200108112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alaternus var. chlorocarpus P.P.Ferrer, M.Pereira, Viciano & E.Laguna Flora Montiber. 78: 26. 2020 wfo-1200007728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alaternus var. porquerollensis Shuttlew. Coup d'Oeil Fl. Toulon et d'Hyères 16 (-17). 1891 ; addit. publ.: Bul. Soc. Études Sci. Archéol. Draguignan 18: 202(adnot.)-203. 1892. wfo-0001398730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus albida Larrañaga Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 94. 1923 Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Uruguay wfo-0000462509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alnifolia f. angustifolia D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 410. 1959 wfo-0001324464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alpina subsp. alpina wfo-1200107948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alpina subsp. pumila (Turra) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(Bot. 1): 82. 1974 wfo-0001367320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alpina subsp. pumila (Turra) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 82. 1974 wfo-0001368679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alpina var. pumila (Turra) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 524. 1891 wfo-0001392257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus alpina var. pumila (Turra) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 82. 1974 wfo-0001400401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus americana hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 526. wfo-0000462515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus amygdalina Moris Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 11. 1827 [Apr or later 1827] wfo-0000462439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus angulata (Lam.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 240 (1805) wfo-0000462443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus angustifolia hort. ex K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 17. 1869 [Jan 1869] wfo-0000462444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus aphylla Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 443. wfo-0000462445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus aspleniifolia Carrière Rev. Hort. [Paris]. (1872) 195. wfo-0000462449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus aspleniifolia Simonk. Növényt. Közlem. v. 148 (1906); vi. 57, Beibl. 13 (1907). wfo-0000462450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus atlantica (Murb.) Stübing, Peris & Figuerola Folia Bot. Misc. 9: 25 (1993) wfo-0000462452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus baptica Decne. ex Rondot Vert de Chine 58, nomen (Quid ?). wfo-0000462436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus biflora D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] i. 807, sphalm. wfo-0001355426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus billardi hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 49 (1877) wfo-0000462459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus billardii hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 526. wfo-0000462433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus borgiae (Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro) Mateo & M.B.Crespo Fl. Valentina 4: 340. 2021 wfo-1200008526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus borgiae Ballester, Figuerola, Peris & Stübing Estud. Multidiscipl. Parque Nat. Montgo 206. 1991 wfo-0001356409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus burgundiaca Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 2: 202 (1815) wfo-0000462461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus calcicola Hatus. Sci. Bull. Agric. & Home Econ. Div. Univ. Ryukyus, Okinawa No. 3, 2: (1956). wfo-0000462457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus calcicola Rech.f. Jahrb. Heil. Naturwiss. Verein. Bratislava , ser. 2, 26: ? (1933) wfo-0000462456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus californica subsp. cuspidata (Greene) C.B.Wolf Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. Monogr., Bot. Ser. Ser. 1: 72. 1938 wfo-0001367823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus californica subsp. typica C.B.Wolf Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. Monogr., Bot. Ser. Ser. 1: 64. 1938 wfo-0001367824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus calycifolia Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 62. 1894 wfo-0000462460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus capillaris Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3(2): 483. 1877 [Jan 1877] wfo-0000462464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus capreaefolia var. discolor Donn.Sm. wfo-0001392258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus capreifolia subsp. typica C.B.Wolf Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. Monogr., Bot. Ser. Ser. 1: 116. 1938 wfo-0001367825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus cardiosperma Willd. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 24. 1825 [mid Nov 1825] wfo-0000460872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus catalinae Davidson Fl. S. Calif. (Davidson & Moxley) 229, in clavi. 1923 wfo-0000460238
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus cathartica var. caucasica Kusn. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 34: 415 (1892) wfo-1200011849
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus cathartica var. microphylla Beck Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17(29): 451. 1921 [31 Dec 1921] (as catharticus var. microphyllus) wfo-0001398842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus chiennanensis Z.R.Xu Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1986(2): 100 (1986), without type. wfo-0000460237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus chimalapensis R.Fernández Polibotanica 1: 4, fig. 1996 wfo-0000460219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus circumcissa Russ. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4245 C. 1831 wfo-0000460229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus colchica Medvyedev Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 18(1, Pril. 1): 88. 1915 wfo-0000460223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus collina Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 139. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000460257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus colmeiroi D.Rivera, Obón & Selma Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 558 (1988 publ. 1989) wfo-0000460258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus conjugata Grubov Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 128. 1950 wfo-0000460261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus coriacea Brouss. Roem. & Schult. Syst. v. 291; Nees, Hor. Phys. Berol. 114. t. 22. wfo-0000460255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus coriacea Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 768. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] wfo-0000460266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus coriaceifolia H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 535 (1913) wfo-0000460267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus cornifolia var. denudata Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 225 (1905) wfo-1200011739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus costata f. pubescens Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 26(5): 156 1951 wfo-1200098537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus crenata var. cambodiana (Pierre ex Pit.) Tardieu Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12(3–4): 169–170 1946 wfo-0001131471
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus crenata var. crenata wfo-0001131473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus crenata var. xianjuensis X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu J. Hangzhou Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 17(3): 252 (2018) wfo-1200002683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus crocea subsp. typica C.B.Wolf Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. Monogr., Bot. Ser. Ser. 1: 34. 1938 wfo-0001367826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus crocea var. insularis Sarg. Gard. & Forest 2: 364. 1889 wfo-0001396493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus cuneata Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(3): 124. 1831 wfo-0000460250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus dalanta Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2 : 121 (1845) wfo-0000460253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus decussatus Ruiz & Pav. wfo-0001223702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus disticha Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City) ser. 2, 1, app. 38. 1888 Plantae Novae Hispaniae wfo-0000460190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus dumetorum var. crenoserrata Rehder & E.H.Wilson Pl. Wilson. 2: 238. 1914 (1914) wfo-1200011466
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus elaeocarpum Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 94 1861 wfo-0001130964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus ephedra Domb. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 29. 1825 [mid Nov 1825] wfo-0000460176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus erythroxyla St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 133. 1880 wfo-0000460181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus erythroxyloides Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verzeichn. Pflanzen. 38. 1833 ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 33(3): 433. 1984 wfo-0000460171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus erythroxyloides subsp. iranica (Bornm.) Mabb. Taxon 33: 434 (1984) wfo-0001365518
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus erythroxyloides subsp. sintenisii (Rech.f.) Mabb. Taxon 33: 434 (1984) wfo-0001365519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus frangula var. angustifolia Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 1842 wfo-0001400536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus franguloides Willd. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 295. 1819 [Dec 1819] wfo-0000460206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus gayeri Kárpáti Index Horti Bot. Univ. Budapest 3: 1-10. 1934 wfo-1200010307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus hederacea Delort. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 145. 1878 [Sep 1878] wfo-0000461917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus humifusa Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 142 (1866) wfo-0000461904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus hybrida L'Hér. Sert. Angl. : 6 (1789) wfo-0000461906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus iguanea Vell. Fl. Flumin. 96. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 2: t. 147. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831] wfo-0000461910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus illyrica var. ernesti-mayeri Šilić Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosne Hercegovine Sarajevu. Prir. Nauke 29: 18. 1990 wfo-0001402173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus inebrians R.Br. Voy. Abyss. [Salt] Append. p. lxiv. 1814 [Sep 1814] , nom. nud. wfo-0000462482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus inermis Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 133. 1782 wfo-0000462483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus infectoria Tchich. Asie Min., Bot. (P.A. Tchichatscheff) atl. t. 9. 1860 wfo-0000462484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus infectoria W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(1): 148. 1835 wfo-0000462485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus infusionum Delile Ferr. & Galin. 111. wfo-0000462496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus insularis Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 392. 1887 Pittonia, 1: 201. 1888 wfo-0000462481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus insularis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 20. 1863 wfo-0000462488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus integrifolia Spreng. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 97. 1864 [May 1864] wfo-0000462490
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus iranica (Bornm.) Hausskn. ex C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 279 (1909) wfo-0000462493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus japonica var. chlorocarpa Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47(556): 299 1933 wfo-1200098484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus japonica var. microphylla H.Hara Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 64: 79 (1951) wfo-1200011742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus japonica var. senanensis (Koidz.) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 63(2): 64 (1988):. wfo-0001402076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus ketmenica Lipsky ex Gontsch. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 243 (1936), in syn. wfo-0001355427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lemaniana Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 0.184722222 1899 wfo-1000045171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus littoralis Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 30. 1867 wfo-0000460331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus longifolia Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2. 6: 260. 1811 wfo-0000460317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus longpipes Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1066 (1988) wfo-0001131268
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lucida Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 86 (1814), nomen; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall., ii. 353 (1824); Fl.Ind., ed. Carey, i. 605 (1832). wfo-0000460319
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lycioides f. angustifolia (Lange) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 82. 1974 wfo-0001326200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lycioides f. prostrata Borja Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 9: 410. 1950 wfo-0001325809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lycioides subsp. atlantica (Murb.) Jahand. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 476 (1932) wfo-0000737381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhamnus lycioides subsp. borgiae Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro Int. J. Geobot. Res. 1(1): 58. 2011 wfo-0001368368