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Frangula
Genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frangula is a genus of about 35 species of flowering shrubs or small trees, commonly known as alder buckthorn in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.[1] The common name buckthorn is also used to describe species of the genus Rhamnus in the same family and also sea-buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides in the Elaeagnaceae.
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Frangula | |
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Frangula alnus | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Tribe: | Rhamneae |
Genus: | Frangula Mill. |
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