Heather Angel / Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) branch with fruit.Sichuan, China. July.

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct birds, Pair of Rodrigues solitaires (Pezophaps solitaria) (Ex.1762) chase an intruding male from their territory. Leguat's rails (Erythromachus leguati) (bottom left) (Ex.1762)...

Kevin Schafer / Yellow Prickle (Zanthoxylum monophyllum) with spikes on trunk in lowland rainforest, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic

Alan Watson / Spine-covered trunk of a White pricklyash tree(Zanthoxylum martinicense) in lowland tropical rainforest, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Spine-covered trunk of a White pricklyash tree / Pino de teta tree (Zanthoxylum martinicense) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic,...

Alan Watson / Spine-covered trunk of an White pricklyash / Pino de teta tree (Zanthoxylum martinicense) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Carib...

Doug Wechsler / Open understorey of dry sub tropical forest with (Zanthoxylum sp), La Guira NP, Cuba

Philippe Clement / Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum simulans) close-up of spines on tree trunk. Native to China and Taiwan.

Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis) saddleback type typical of arid island feeding on spiny catsclaw bush (Zanthoxylum fagara). Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect them from introduced...