Rhamnus oleoides

Rhamnus oleoides, known as the olive buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.^[1]

Olive Buckthorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Genus:	Rhamnus
Species:	R. oleoides
Binomial name
Rhamnus oleoides L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Rhamnus lycioides subsp. oleoides (L.) Jahand. & Maire Rhamnus lycioides var. oleoides (L.) Pau

Taxonomy

Rhamnus oleoides was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762.^[2]

Subspecies

As of October 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies:^[1]

• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. assoana Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro – Spain
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. bourgaeana (Gand.) Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro (synonym Rhamnus bourgaeana Gand.)^[3] – Balearic Islands
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. oleoides – Mediterranean to Iran and Saudi Arabia
• Rhamnus oleoides subsp. rivasgodayana Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro – eastern and southeastern Spain

Distribution

Rhamnus oleoides is native to the Mediterranean basin (Algeria, the Balearic Islands, Crete, the East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Greece, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, and Tunisia) and eastwards to Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran.^[1]

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