Rhamnus pentaphylla Jacq., Observ. Bot.

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Rhamnus pentaphylla Jacq., Observ. Bot. 2: 17. 1767. [April 1767]

≡ Rhus pentaphylla (Jacq.) Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1(3): 267. 1798. [28 July 1798] ≡ Rhus thezera Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 325. 1805. [1 April–15

June 1805], nom. illeg. ≡ Searsia pentaphylla (Jacq.) F.A.Barkley, Monogr. Biol. Soc. Iraq 3: 57. 1965., comb. inval. ≡ Searsia pentaphylla (Jacq.) F.A.Barkley ex Moffett, Bothalia 37(2): 166, 171. 2007. [18 August–October 2007]

Ind. Loc.:—[“Prope Panormum in agro dicto Fundaco dell’Abbate ad sepes: in Africa etiam nasci nonnulli dicunt”, Boccone Icon. Sic.: 43. 1674.]. SIC

Type (lectotype designated by Moffett 2007: 171):— ITALY. Sicily, Boccone s.n. ex Dr Jacquin ( BM, sheet 92) .

Note:—According to Art. 23.5 of the ICN, the spelling of the specific epithet originally published as “ pentaphyllos ” is to be corrected in “ pentaphylla ”.

Compiled by:— M. Clementi