Colletia

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Rosales
Familia: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Colletia

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Colletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, with 15 to 17 species of spiny shrubs. All species of this genus are native to southern South America.

Selected species

* Colletia armata
* Colletia cruciata
* Colletia ferox
o Colletia ferox var. infausta; synonym Colletia infausta
* Colletia hystrix - Pink Crucifixion Thorn
* Colletia paradoxa - Crucifixion Thorn, Thorn of the Cross, Anchor Plant
* Colletia spinosa; synonym Colletia horrida

References

* Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892.