Common name
English: Italian buckthorn
German: Immergrüner Kreuzdorn
Portuguese: Aderno-bravo
English: Italian buckthorn
German: Immergrüner Kreuzdorn
Portuguese: Aderno-bravo
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rhamnales (26)
Family: Rhamnaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Rhamnus (4)
Epithet: alaternus L. (1)
Synonym: Alaternus glabra Mill.
alaternus => probably of Etruscan origin, in lat. used for Rhamnus alaternus
glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: green, yellow
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