| Source: | 
							
								Henning, T. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2016): Rhamnaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Rhamnus cathartica L.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Sp. Pl.: 193. 1753 | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Rosanae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Rosales Bercht. & J. Presl 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Rhamnaceae Juss. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Rhamnus L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Rhamnus hydriensis Hacq. | 
							
                          
                          
						  
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Λευκαγκάθα (Greek), Λευκαγκαθιά (Greek), Λευκάγκαθο (Greek), Σπυράκι (Greek)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  Ab(A) Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Be(B L) BH Br Bu By Cg Cs Ct Da Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Gg(G) Gr Hb(E N) He Ho ?Hs(A) Hs(S) Hu It La Le Lt Lu Ma Mk Mo No Po Rf(C E K N NW S) Rm Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Su Sy Tu(A) Uk(K U) [nCo nGa(F)] |