Asparagaceae

Ruscus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1041 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, W. & S. Central Europe, Medit. to N. Iran.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Ethiopia, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Noë [s.n.] K002893963 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Italy K002893960 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] K002893962 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] K002893961 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002893968 Yes
Napoli [s.n.] K002893964 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002893965 Yes
Glaziou, A. [19946] Brazil K002894179 Yes
Jones, P.; Crowley, D.; Ballard, M.; Wenham, J. [s.n.] Italy K002893958 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n. ] Brazil K002894178 Yes
Rigo, G. [s.n.] Italy K002893966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002893967 Yes
[R.M. LG] [s.n.] Italy K002893959 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0