Family · Rosids

Koeberliniaceae

Allthorn

Family of nearly leafless, green spiny desert shrubs of the Americas known as crucifixion thorn.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈58 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Koeberlinia spinosa

Its genus

• Koeberlinia2 spp.

Where it grows

• Northern America1
• Southern America1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

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Koeberliniaceae sits in the order Brassicales.

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