Rhamnaceae
Rosea
Colletia spinosissima
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Colletia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Rosea
- Quechua
- Ruq'i, Lluq'i lluq'i, Lluq'i-lluq'i, Roq'e, Roqe, Ruqi
- Spanish
- Barba de tigre, El crucero, Espino, Yáquil
Synonyms
- Colletia assimilis N.E.Br.
- Colletia atrox Miers
- Colletia ferox Gillies & Hook.
- Colletia ferox var. infausta (N.E.Br.) Suess.
- Colletia ferox var. intricata (Miers) Reiche
- Colletia ferox var. invicta Reiche
- Colletia ferox var. puberula Speg.
- Colletia horrida Willd.
- Colletia infausta N.E.Br.
- Colletia infausta var. coarctata Reiche
- Colletia intricata Miers
- Colletia invicta Miers
- Colletia kunthiana Miers
- Colletia polyacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Colletia spinosa Lam.
- Colletia spinosa var. assimilis (N.E.Br.) Suess.
- Colletia spinosa var. miersii Suess.
- Colletia spinosa var. trifurcata (N.E.Br.) Suess.
- Colletia tenuicola Miers
- Colletia trifurcata N.E.Br.
- Colletia weddelliana Miers
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.