Putterlickia

Putterlickia
	Putterlickia pyracantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Tribe:	Celastreae
Genus:	Putterlickia; Endl.[1]
Species
	See text

Putterlickia, variously called spikethorns, false spike thorns, mock spike thorns and bastard spike thorns, are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Endophytic bacteria in their roots produce maytansine.[2][3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

Putterlickia neglecta Jordaan, R.G.C.Boon & A.E.van Wyk
Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Szyszyl.
Putterlickia retrospinosa A.E.van Wyk & Mostert
Putterlickia saxatilis (Burch.) Jordaan
Putterlickia verrucosa (E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.) Sim

References

Gen. Pl.: 1086 (1840)
Jacobowitz, Joseph R.; Weng, Jing-Ke (2020). "Exploring Uncharted Territories of Plant Specialized Metabolism in the Postgenomic Era". Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71: 631–658. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-035634. PMID 32176525.
Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. VI. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 9783662072578.

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[1] Gen. Pl.: 1086 (1840)

[2] Jacobowitz, Joseph R.; Weng, Jing-Ke (2020). "Exploring Uncharted Territories of Plant Specialized Metabolism in the Postgenomic Era". Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71: 631–658. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-035634. PMID 32176525.

[3] Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. VI. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 9783662072578.