Sideroxylon spinosum L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 193 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Morocco, W. Algeria, N. Western Sahara, N. Mauritania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara
Introduced into:
Canary Is., Spain
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Argania sideroxylon Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 502 (1819), nom. superfl.
- Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels in Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 227: 28 (1911)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Elaeodendron argan Retz. in Observ. Bot. 6: 26 (1791)
- Rhamnus sicula L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 3: 229 (1768)
- Argania spinosa var. apiculata Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 30 (1929)
- Argania spinosa var. mutica Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 30 (1929)
- Sideroxylon argan (Retz.) Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 16, 910 (1890)
- Verlangia argan (Retz.) Neck. ex Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 34 (1838)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Stride, G., Nylinder, S. & Swenson, U. (2014). Revisiting the biogeography of Sideroxylon (Sapotaceae) and an evaluation of the taxonomic status of Argania and Spiniluma. Australian Systematic Botany 27: 104-118.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Argania spinosa.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images