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Taxon:  Frangula alnus Mill.



Summary
Genus:
Frangula
Family:
Rhamnaceae
Tribe:
Rhamneae
Nomen number:
105534
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Frangula no. 1. 1768
Verified:
10/30/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhamnus frangula L.
Rhamnus frangula L. subsp. columnaris hort.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 1997 255-267.
  4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  5. Czerepanov, S. K. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). 1995 Note: accepts
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: accepts
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Frangula+alnus&quantity=1
  10. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- Note: accepts
  11. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  12. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994 Note: accepts
  13. Kellermann, J. 2011. Review of Rhamnaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. Note: = Rhamnus frangula L.
  14. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  15. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  16. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
  17. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  18. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  19. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966- Note: accepts
  20. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 Note: accepts
  21. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  22. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  23. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  24. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- Note: = Rhamnus frangula L.
Common names
English
alder buckthorn –
frangula –
glossy buckthorn –
Swedish
brakved –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiangn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang (n.)]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia], Russian Federation [Altay]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Iraq (n.), Syria (n.), Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
charcoal (fide Eur Gard F) –
Medicines
folklore (fide F USSR; Dict Econ Pl; F Iraq; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –
Weed
(fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec) –


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