Adolphia

Taxobox
name = "Adolphia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Adolphia californica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus = "Adolphia"
genus_authority = Meisn.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 2 - See text.

"Adolphia" is a genus of shrubs in the buckthorn family containing only two species. These are rigid, thorny, flowering bushes. "Adolphia californica", the California prickbush or California spineshrub, is native to southern California and northern Mexico. "Adolphia infesta", the junco, is found in Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. This genus is named for the French botanist Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6587 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ADOLP USDA Plants Profile]