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Putterlickia
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Putterlickia, variously called spikethorns, false spike thorns, mock spike thorns and bastard spike thorns, are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Endophytic bacteria in their roots produce maytansine.
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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Putterlickia, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Celastraceae, Celastraceae genera and Flora of the Afrotropical realm.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCelastrales
- FamilyCelastraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Collections
- B, RSA, VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Putterlickia pyracantha 001 GotBot 2016.jpg
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- Commons category
- Putterlickia
- taxon name
- Putterlickia
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Putterlickia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Putterlickia, variously called spikethorns, false spike thorns, mock spike thorns and bastard spike thorns, are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Endophytic bacteria in their roots produce maytansine.
==Species== Five species are accepted: Putterlickia neglecta Jordaan, R.G.C.Boon & A.E.van Wyk Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Szyszyl. Putterlickia retrospinosa A.E.van Wyk & Mostert Putterlickia saxatilis (Burch.) Jordaan Putterlickia verrucosa (E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.) Sim
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