''Retanilla'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the family

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae ...

, native to

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, and

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. The species in this genus are

actinorhizal plant Actinorhizal plants are a group of angiosperms characterized by their ability to form a symbiosis with the nitrogen fixing actinomycetota ''Frankia''. This association leads to the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Classification Actino ...

Taxonomy

Species

''Retanilla'' comprises the following species: * ''

Retanilla ephedra ''Retanilla'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Chile, Peru, and Argentina. The species in this genus are actinorhizal plants. Taxonomy Species ''Retanilla'' comprises the following species: * '' Retanilla ephedr ...

'' (Vent.) Brongn. * ''

Retanilla patagonica ''Retanilla'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Chile, Peru, and Argentina. The species in this genus are actinorhizal plants. Taxonomy Species ''Retanilla'' comprises the following species: * ''Retanilla ephedra ...

'' (Speg.) Tortosa * ''

Retanilla stricta ''Retanilla'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Chile, Peru, and Argentina. The species in this genus are actinorhizal plants. Taxonomy Species ''Retanilla'' comprises the following species: * '' Retanilla ephedr ...

'' Hook. & Arn. * ''

Retanilla trinervia ''Retanilla trinervia'' is a species of actinorhizal plant within the family Rhamnaceae; this dicotyledon flora is a shrub or small tree. ''R. trinervia'' is notable for its ability to fix nitrogen. This species mainly occurs in the near coastal ...

'' (Gillies & Hook.) Hook. & Arn.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species and hybrids is unresolved: * ''Retanilla articulata'' Miers * ''Retanilla glauca'' Phil. * ''Retanilla spinifer'' Gay * ''Retanilla spinifera'' Clos

References

Rhamnaceae Rhamnaceae genera Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle {{Rhamnaceae-stub