''Adolphia'' is a genus of shrubs in the
buckthorn family containing only two species.
These are rigid, thorny, flowering bushes. ''
Adolphia californica'' , the ''California prickbush'' or ''California spineshrub'', are native to southern California and northern Mexico. ''
Adolphia infesta'' , the ''junco'', is found in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.
This genus is named for the French botanist
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart () FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneeri ...
(1801–1876).
It was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. on page 70 in 1837.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae genera
Plants described in 1837
Flora of California
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Texas
Flora of New Mexico
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