Putterlickia

Putterlickia, variously called spikethorns, false spike thorns, mock spike thorns and bastard spike thorns, are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Endophytic bacteria in their roots produce maytansine.[2][3]

Putterlickia
Putterlickia pyracantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Tribe: Celastreae
Genus: Putterlickia
Endl.[1]
Species

See text

Species

Currently accepted species include:

  • Putterlickia neglecta Jordaan, R.G.C.Boon & A.E.van Wyk
  • Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Szyszyl.
  • Putterlickia retrospinosa A.E.van Wyk & Mostert
  • Putterlickia saxatilis (Burch.) Jordaan
  • Putterlickia verrucosa (E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.) Sim

References
  1. Gen. Pl.: 1086 (1840)
  2. Jacobowitz, Joseph R.; Weng, Jing-Ke (2020). "Exploring Uncharted Territories of Plant Specialized Metabolism in the Postgenomic Era". Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71: 631–658. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-035634. PMID 32176525.
  3. Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Vol. VI. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 9783662072578.
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