Putterlickia

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.^[2][3]

Putterlickia
Putterlickia pyracantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Tribe:	Celastreae
Genus:	Putterlickia Endl.[1]
Species
See text

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• 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