Colletia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamilia: Ziziphoideae
Tribus: Colletieae
Genus: Colletia
Species: C. hystrix – C. paradoxa – C. spartioides – C. spinosissima – C. ulicina
Name

Colletia Comm. ex Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 380. (1789)

Type species: Colletia spinosissima J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 408. (1791) originally designated as synonym Colletia spinosa Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 91, t. 129. (1797) nom. superfl.

References

Commerson, P. 1789. Genera Plantarum 380.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Colletia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Colletia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Colletia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Colletia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 26.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Colletia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Colletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, with 5 species of spiny shrubs. All species of this genus are native to southern South America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.

Taxonomy
Species

Colletia comprises the following species:[1][2]

Colletia hystrix Clos - pink crucifixion thorn
Colletia paradoxa (Spreng.) Escal. - crucifixion thorn, thorn of the cross, anchor plant
Colletia spartioides Bertero ex Colla
Colletia spinosissima J.F.Gmel.
Colletia ulicina Gillies & Hook.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species and hybrids is unresolved:[1]

Colletia campanulata Phil.
Colletia crenata Regel
Colletia cruzerillo Bertero
Colletia disperma Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Colletia horrida Brongn. ex Drap.
Colletia iguanaea Scop.
Colletia insidiosa Reissek
Colletia longissima Steud.
Colletia maytenoides Griseb.
Colletia spartioides Bertero ex Savi
Colletia spicata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.
Colletia tetrandra Clos
Colletia tralhuen Bertero ex Colla
Colletia treba Bertero ex Colla
Colletia velutina Spreng.

References

"The Plant List entry for Colletia". The Plant List, v.1.1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

Govaerts R. "Colletia Comm. ex Juss.". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.