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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosanae > Rosales > Rosaceae > Pyracantha

Preferred term

Pyracantha  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Firethorn
  • Firethorns

Scope note

  • A plant genus of the family ROSACEAE widely cultivated as a prickly hedge with bright red berries. Members contain pyracrenic acid (a lupane triterpenoid).

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D031991

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