Accession Data

Colletia paradoxa

Family: Rhamnaceae

Synonym(s): Colletia cruciata Gill. & Hook.

Country of Origin: S. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

Description: Plants do not bear leaves (aphyllous), but instead rely on sharp, photosynthetic thorns. In each axil 2 serial buds arise, upper develops into a triangular thorn, the lower develops into flowers or branch..
Plants in this genus have N fixing actinomycete nodules on roots.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199900610

Accession Date: 1999-11-17 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2213

Quantity: 1

Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico 98.097

Culture: Grow in sandy, free-draining soil; hardy to about -5C.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Rosales

Family: Rhamnaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Personal Communication with Tim Devine, CSU Chico
  2. Frankia Homepage
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.
  4. Colletia paradoxa at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.
  5. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Xue Davis (Own work). Used with permission. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.

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