| Desfontainia | |
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| Desfontainia spinosa[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Columelliaceae |
| Genus: | Desfontainia Ruiz & Pav. 1794 |
| Type species | |
| Desfontainia spinosa | |
Desfontainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Columelliaceae, though it was placed formerly in Loganiaceae,[2] Potaliaceae (later subsumed in Gentianaceae), or a family of its own, Desfontainiaceae.
The genus was named for the French botanist, René Louiche Desfontaines.[3] It is hardy to −5 °C (23 °F), and requires winter protection in areas with significant frosts.
- ^ 1854 illustration from William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) - Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 80 ser. 3 nr. 10 tabl. 4781 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/467611)
- ^ Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1969). "Notes on American Loganiaceae IV. Revision of Desfontainia". Ruiz et Pav. Acta Bot. Neerl. 18: 669–679. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1969.tb00090.x.
- ^ "Desfontainia spinosa 'Harold Comber'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008.