Bursaria spinosa

Bursaria spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Bursaria
Species: Bursaria spinosa
Subspecies: B. s. subsp. lasiophylla – B. s. subsp. obovata – B. s. subsp. spinosa

Name

Bursaria spinosa Cav., 1797

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bursaria spinosa var. normalis Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 160 (1926), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1797–1798. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. IV. III + 82 pp., tab. 301–400. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 4: 30. T. 350.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Bursaria spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. June 26. Bursaria spinosa. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} June 26. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Bursaria spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 June 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bursaria spinosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

• English: Boxthorn