Koeberlinia

Zuccarini

Flora 15(2, Beibl.): 73. 1832.

Gordon C. Tucker

Common names: Allthorn junco c rown-of-thorns corona-de-Cristo

Etymology: For Christoph Ludwig Koeberlin, 1794–1862, German clergyman and botanist

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 184. Mentioned on page 185.

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Plants unscented. Leaves evanescent. Flowers: sepals each often subtending a nectary; filaments thickened in middle; anthers ellipsoid; gynophore slender, elongating in fruit; style straight; stigma minute. Berries globose, ± fleshy. Seeds cochleate-reniform or orbicular to reniform, slightly rugulose.

1 Distribution
2 Discussion
3 Selected References
4 Lower Taxa

Distribution

sw United States, n Mexico, South America (Bolivia).

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Koeberlinia holacantha W. C. Holmes, K. L. Yip & Rushing is known only from Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The Seri tribe of coastal Sonora, Mexico, traditionally fumigate their huts with the black, oily smoke from burning wood of Koeberlinia (R. S. Felger and M. B. Moser 1985).