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June 2025

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genus

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.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 193. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Rhamnus

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