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|accepted_name=Paliurus
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|place=4, vol. 3. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Christ-thorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Paliurus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paliurus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Classical Greek name, perhaps derived from pálin, again or once more, and oúron or oureó, urine or to make water, alluding to diuretic properties of roots and leaves of P. spina-christi
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 43, 44, 69, 70
|treatment_page=page 68
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[or trees], sometimes clambering, armed with stipular spines; bud scales present. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous [persistent], alternate; blade not gland-dotted; 3-veined from base (acrodromous), secondary veins distal to basal veins well developed. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes; peduncles and pedicels not fleshy in fruit. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; hypanthium hemispheric to patelliform, 2–3 mm wide; sepals 5, spreading, pale yellow, deltate, keeled adaxially; petals 5, white, hooded, obovate, clawed; nectary fleshy, filling hypanthium, margin entire or 5-angled; stamens 5; ovary 1/2-inferior, 2–3-locular; styles 2–3, connate proximally. <b>Fruits</b> samaras. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tex.;Europe;e Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The fruit of <i>Paliurus</i> was described by C. Schirarend and M. N. Olabi (1994) as a dry, indehiscent drupe. The gynoecium base in <i>Paliurus</i> begins to swell laterally following fertilization, forming a persistent, disciform, cupulate, or hemispheric wing of varying thickness (D. O. Burge and S. R. Manchester 2008). This enlarged and winglike receptacle is diagnostic of the genus.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=burge2008a
|text=Burge, D. O. and S. R. Manchester. 2008. Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae). Int. J. Pl. Sci. 169: 1066–1085.
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|id=schirarend1994a
|text=Schirarend, C. and M. N. Olabi. 1994. Revision of the genus Paliurus Tourn. ex Mill. (Rhamnaceae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 116: 333–359.
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name=Paliurus
|author=Guy L. Nesom
|authority=Miller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|distribution=Tex.;Europe;e Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=burge2008a;schirarend1994a
|publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|publication year=1754
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Paliurus
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