Canotia holacantha

Canotia holacantha
illustration from Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Canotia
Species:
C. holacantha
Binomial name
Canotia holacantha
Torr.
Natural range of Canotia holacantha
Canotia aka Crucifixion thorn, Upper Red Rock road, Sedona area. Many of the Central Arizona Canotias are within the Pinyon-juniper woodlands.

Canotia holacantha, also known as crucifixion thorn or simply canotia, is a flowering shrub / small tree in the family Celastraceae.[1]

  1. ^ Orcutt, Charles Russell (1909). American Plants. Vol. 2. San Diego, California. p. 527.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)