Spikethorns
Putterlickia
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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bastard Spikethorn
speciesPutterlickia pyracantha
False Forest Spike-Thorn
speciesPutterlickia verrucosa
Pondo False Spikethorn
speciesPutterlickia retrospinosa
Gordonia Mock Spike-Thorn
speciesPutterlickia saxatilis
False-Spikethorn
speciesPutterlickia neglecta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 524316.