Ruscus aculeatus

TaxID: 59067

Basic Information

Ruscus aculeatus

Butcher's-broom

Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. It is native to Eurasia and some northern parts of Africa. Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal cliffs. Likely due to its attractive winter/spring color, Ruscus aculeatus has become a fairly common landscape plant. It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escapee in many areas outside its native range. The plant grows well in zones 7 to 9 on the USDA hardiness zone map. The Latin specific epithet aculeatus means "prickly".

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asparagales

Asparagaceae

Ruscus

aculeatus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Ruscus aculeatus
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(c) Ferran Turmo Gort@BY-NC-SA
Ruscus aculeatus
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(c) Eleftherios Katsillis@BY
Ruscus aculeatus
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(c) Ahmed Mujčinović@BY-NC-SA
Ruscus aculeatus
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(c) rudyclaeys@BY-NC
Ruscus aculeatus
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(c) Eleftherios Katsillis@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (50 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Brazil Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (5 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR30772442 Leaf - - 18347774 USA: Raleigh NC
SRR30772441 Leaf - - 20192908 USA: Raleigh NC
SRR30772440 Leaf - - 22499088 USA: Raleigh NC
SRR30772439 Stem - - 21098577 USA: Raleigh NC
SRR30772438 Stem - - 19295352 USA: Raleigh NC

DNA Barcodes (38 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZPLPP007-13 - trnH-psbA 381 Italy 2009-08-27 -
ZPLPP007-13 - matK 807 Italy 2009-08-27 -
UMAAI3304-22 - rbcLa 553 France 2022-06-14 43.638, 3.863
UMAAI3304-22 - ITS2 352 France 2022-06-14 43.638, 3.863
UMAAI2343-22 - rbcLa 553 France 2022-06-20 43.638, 3.8609999999999998
UMAAI2156-22 - rbcLa 553 France 2022-06-27 43.643, 3.87
UMAAI2156-22 - ITS2 299 France 2022-06-27 43.643, 3.87
UMAAI2124-22 - rbcLa 553 France 2022-06-27 43.64, 3.867
UMAAI2124-22 - ITS2 305 France 2022-06-27 43.64, 3.867
UMAAI2107-22 - rbcLa 553 France 2022-06-27 43.64, 3.867
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Literature