Hippophae rhamnoides

Hippophae rhamnoides
Common sea buckthorn shrub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Hippophae
Species:
H. rhamnoides
Binomial name
Hippophae rhamnoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Argussiera rhamnoides (L.) Bubani
  • Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson
  • Hippophaes rhamnoideum (L.) St.-Lag.
  • Rhamnoides hippophae Moench
  • Osyris rhamnoides (L.) Scop.

Hippophae rhamnoides, also known as sea-buckthorn,[2]: 277  is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, native to the cold-temperate regions of Europe and Asia.[3] It is a spiny deciduous shrub. The plant is used in the food and cosmetics industries, in traditional medicine, as animal fodder, in horticulture, and for ecological purposes.

  1. ^ "Hippophae rhamnoides L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ Stace CA (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Li was invoked but never defined (see the help page).