Rhamnus oleoides

Rhamnus oleoides, known as the olive buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.

Taxonomy

Rhamnus oleoides was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762.

, Plants of [the World Online] accepted the following subspecies:

Rhamnus oleoides subsp. assoana Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro – Spain
Rhamnus oleoides subsp. bourgaeana Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro – Balearic Islands
Rhamnus oleoides subsp. oleoides – Mediterranean to Iran and Saudi Arabia
Rhamnus oleoides subsp. rivasgodayana Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro – eastern and southeastern Spain

Rhamnus oleoides is native to the Mediterranean basin and eastwards to Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran.