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Taxon:  Ruscus hypoglossum L.



Summary
Genus:
Ruscus
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Nomen number:
32569
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1041. 1753
Verified:
04/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  6. Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  9. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
  10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
spineless butcher's-broom –
French
fragon hypoglosse –
Swedish
tungmyrten –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=32569. Accessed 2 June 2025.