PLANTS Profile for Koeberlinia spinosa (crown of thorns)

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PLANTS Profile

Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.
crown of thorns

Symbol:

KOSP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Capparaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Tree
Shrub

L48

More Information:

Distribution:
Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.

View 14 genera in Capparaceae, 1 species in Koeberlinia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Capparaceae – Caper family
Genus	Koeberlinia Zucc. – allthorn
Species	Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc. – crown of thorns

More Accounts and Images:
Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22648.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 07:01 PM CDT