Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Asparagales > Family Asparagaceae > Genus Ruscus

Ruscus hypophyllum L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ruscus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Hippoglossum*	Hill	heterotypic synonym
*Oxymyrsine*	Bubani	heterotypic synonym
*Platyruscus*	A. P. Khokhr. & V. N. Tikhom.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Platyruscus hypophyllum*	(L.) A. P. Khokhr. & V. N. Tikhom.	homotypic synonym
*Ruscus lugubris*	Salisb.	homotypic synonym; nom. superfl.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: brusc major; galleran major; galzeran major; llengua de cavall; llorer d´Alexandria; lloret de Alexandría sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Euskera: brusco de Ajejandría; laurel alejandrino común; laurel de Alejandría común; laurel de Alejandría de hoja ancha; laureola sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: espirradeira; loireiro de Alexandría; loureiro de Alexandría sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: laurel alejandrino común; laureola