title: Rhamnus lanceolata
text: # Rhamnus lanceolata
  
  Rhamnus lanceolata, the lanceleaf buckthorn, is a shrub species in the Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family), native to about 20 states in the south-central and midwestern US.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Rhamnus lanceolata contains the following subspecies:
  
  * Rhamnus lanceolata subsp. glabrata
  * Rhamnus lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
  