Genus
Rhamnus (Buckthorns)
Rhamnus ilicifolia. Photo: (c) 2009 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Rhamnus is a genus of about 110 accepted species of shrubs or small trees, commonly known as buckthorns in the family Rhamnaceae. Its species range from 1 to 10 meters tall (rarely to 15 m) and are native mainly in east Asia and North America, but found throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America.
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