7379.000 Lycium L.

Description of the genus

Spiny shrubs. Leaves usually in axillary clusters, simple, entire. Flowers actinomorphic, solitary or in small clusters. Calyx 5-toothed or weakly 2-lipped with 2-3 teeth, scarcely enlarging in fruit. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes spreading. Fruit a small berry.

Derivation of name: Greek name from the country Lycia.

Worldwide: 100 species in warm temperate regions, mostly America.

Botswana: 8 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
bosciifolium SchinzN,SW
cinereum Thunb.SW,SE
horridum Thunb.SW,SE
oxycarpum Dunal
pilifolium C.H. WrightSW
schizocalyx C.H. WrightN,SW,SE
shawii Roem. & Schult.NDescription, Image
villosum SchinzSW

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Flora of Caprivi: Lycium
Flora of Malawi: Lycium
Flora of Mozambique: Lycium
Flora of Zambia: Lycium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lycium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lycium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lycium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lycium
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iNaturalist: Lycium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lycium
JSTOR Plant Science: Lycium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lycium
Plants of the World Online: Lycium
Tropicos: Lycium
Wikipedia: Lycium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Lycium.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1245, retrieved 14 November 2024

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