| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 227: 28. 1911 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Ericales
 Familia - Sapotaceae
 Genus - Argania Roem. & Schult.
 
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		| Basionym: | Sideroxylon spinosum L. | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Argania sideroxylon Roem. & Schult., nom. superfl. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Sideroxylon spinosum L. | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Sideroxylon argan (Retz.) Baill. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Verlangia argan (Retz.) Neck. ex Raf. | 
                          
						  
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		| Common names: | argán (Spanish, Castillian), argània (Catalan), erguén (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Ag Ma [Ca Hs] |