Frangula dodonei Ard.

English: Alder Buckthorn

German: Faulbaum

Portuguese: Sangarinheiro-de-água

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Rhamnales (26)

        Family: Rhamnaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Frangula (1)

            Epithet: dodonei Ard. (1)

Synonyms: Frangula alnus Mill., Frangula atlantica Grubov, Frangula frangula H.Karst., Frangula nigra Samp., Frangula pentapetala Gilib., Frangula vulgaris Hill, Girtanneria frangula Neck., Rhamnus frangula L.

alnus => ancient Latin for Alnus, alder

atlantica => from the Atlas Mountains in North Africa

frangula => brittle, breakable, fragile

nigra => black, blackness

pentapetala => having five petals

vulgaris => common, everyday

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habit: shrub, arborescent

Flower colour: yellow, beige

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• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.