Paliurus spina-christi--Georgia. Gareji Monastery complex, Gareji Steppe. 9 Jun 05. 280.jpg
Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; introduced into Algeria, Corse, Hungary, Libya, Texas, Tunisia, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)
42.6625, 44.619722
Location Remarks
Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)
Location Remarks
Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Prov. (Khewata, Jisr Khiwata)
35.761028, 45.47
Location Remarks
North of Sulaimani on highway to Zaynal and Mawat, c. 2 km south of Suraqalat. Banks of Aw-e Shiler River near a bridge (and remnants of a pervious bridge blown up by Hussein troops). 830 m elev.
Collectors
Anthony G. Miller, Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Christopher Davidson, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Riparian vegetation on gravel bars and the river bank.
Location
Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Mtskheta
41.852361, 44.668556
Location Remarks
Various points along the Shio Mghvime Monastery road from Mtskheta. 623 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Manana Khutsishvili, Shalva Sikharulidze, David Kikodze, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Roadside shrub thicket impacted by grazing. Shrub 2 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Paliurus
Specific Epithet
spina-christi
Authorship
Mill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#206,503 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
10%
