Putterlickia, variously called spikethorns, false spike thorns, mock spike thorns and bastard spike thorns, are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Endophytic bacteria in their roots produce maytansine.
Species Five species are accepted:
Putterlickia neglecta Jordaan, R.G.C.Boon & A.E.van Wyk Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Szyszyl. Putterlickia retrospinosa A.E.van Wyk & Mostert Putterlickia saxatilis (Burch.) Jordaan Putterlickia verrucosa (E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.) Sim
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