Argania spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamilia: Sapotoideae
Genus: Argania
Species: Argania spinosa

Name

Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 227:28. (1911)

Taxon name often accepted as a synonym of Sideroxylon spinosum L. (1753) (Stride et al., 2014 & Govaerts et al., 2018), but see APD (2018) and GRIN (2018).

References

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Argania spinosa. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 10.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Argania spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 13. Reference page.
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(2): 104–118. DOI: 10.1071/SB14010 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Argania spinosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Arganbaum
français: Arganier

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