Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Rutoideae — trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules' club.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Above this is a zone dominated by the cats-claw tree Zanthoxylum fagara, then a zone once dominated by the shrub Miconia robinsoniana (VU) where low trees are replaced by a dense shrub cover.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Occasional shrublands consisting of mesquite (Prosposis glandulosa), huisache (Acacia farnesiana), lime prickly ash (Zanthoxylum fagara), and Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana) may be found in the lower one third of the Texas coast and into Tamaulipas.
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Cat's claw (Zanthoxylum fagara) is also most abundant, mainly above the Scalesia but below the Micronia acting partially as a transition within the humid zone species.
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The typical Himalayan species include Arisaema tortuosum, Elatostemma cuneatum, Didymocarpus pygmaea, Rubus ellpiticus, Thalictrum foliolosum, Boehmeria macrophylla, and Zanthoxylum rhetsa.
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In Western and Central Africa, endangered timber trees and plants include the rock elm (Milicia excelsa), prickly ash bark (Zanthoxylum americanum) and African oil palm (Brucea guineensis).
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"Sichuan pepper" Zanthoxylum planispinum, and rose Rosa spp.
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Sansho = Zanthoxylum piperitum (some Japanese sources use the alternate name, Zanthoxylum sansho or Zanthoxylum piperitum var. sansho)
Tigers & Strawberries » Spice Girl: She Who Must Be Stopped 2005
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Sichuan pepper = Zanthoxylum bungeanum (aka Zanthoxylum simulans).
Tigers & Strawberries » Spice Girl: She Who Must Be Stopped 2005
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They are from different species of shrub in the same genus, Zanthoxylum.
Tigers & Strawberries » Spice Girl: She Who Must Be Stopped 2005
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Here the giant endemic Gyranthera caribensis (up to 60 m tall) form small stands emerging above the general forest canopy dominate by Trophis racemosa, Ficus macbridei, Tetragastris caracasana, Zanthoxylum ocumarense, Banara nitida, etc.
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