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Martin Gardner & Sabina Knees (2023)
Recommended citation
Gardner, M.F. & Knees, S.G. (2023), 'Desfontainia spinosa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Taxonomic note Recent taxonomic changes to Desfontainia mean that all plants growing in our area represent D. fulgens D. Don. D. spinosa Ruiz & Pavon remains a valid species but it is not cultivated in our area. See the Taxonomic note under D. fulgens for further discussion.