Paliurus

From Latin paliurus, from Ancient Greek παλίουρος (palíouros, “Paliurus spina-christi”).

Paliurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – small trees that are native to arid locations from the Mediterranean to Japan.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae - family; Ziziphoideae - subfamily; Paliureae - tribe

• (genus): Paliurus spina-christi (Jerusalem thorn) - type species; Paliurus hemsleyanus, Paliurus hirsutus, Paliurus orientalis, Paliurus ramosissimus - other accepted species

• Paliurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paliurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paliurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paliurus at USDA Plants database
• Paliurus at Tropicos
• Paliurus at World Register of Marine Species
• Paliurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Paliurus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Paliurus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Paliurus at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Paliurus at The Plant List
• Paliurus at Paleobiology Database

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλίουρος (Palíouros).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈuː.rus/, [pälʲiˈuːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈu.rus/, [päliˈuːrus]

Paliūrus m sg (genitive Paliūrī); second declension

1. A river of Marmarica forming a marsh
2. A town on this river, near which was a temple of Heracles

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Paliurus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly