Putterlickia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Putterlickia
Species: P. neglecta – P. pyracantha – P. retrospinosa – P. saxatilis – P. verrucosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Putterlickia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.

Name

Putterlickia Endl., Gen. Pl. 1086. 1840.

Type species: Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Endl.

References
Primary references

Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page. : 1086

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Putterlickia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Putterlickia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Putterlickia. Published online. Accessed: October 04 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Putterlickia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 October 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Putterlickia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
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.[2][3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:

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

References

Gen. Pl.: 1086 (1840)
Jacobowitz, Joseph R.; Weng, Jing-Ke (2020). "Exploring Uncharted Territories of Plant Specialized Metabolism in the Postgenomic Era". Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71: 631–658. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-035634. PMID 32176525.
Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Vol. VI. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 9783662072578.