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Lycium Leiostemum
''Lycium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Solanum, nightshade family (biology), family, Solanaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution around the globe, with species occurring on most continents in temperate climate, temperate and subtropics, subtropical regions. South America has the most species, followed by North America and southern Africa. There are several scattered across Europe and Asia, and one is native to Australia.Fukuda, T., et al. (2001)Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus ''Lycium'' (Solanaceae): Inferences from chloroplast DNA sequences. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 19(2), 246-58. Common English names for plants of this genus include box-thorn,''Lycium''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. goji, wolfberry, and desert-thorn. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 101 species. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycium Ferocissimum
''Lycium ferocissimum'', the African boxthorn or boxthorn, is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to South Africa. Distribution The species is native to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa, where it tends to occur in sands along the southern coast. It has also been recorded in the Free State, but these may represent introductions. It has been widely introduced in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa, as far north as Morocco.Venter, A.M. (2000). Taxonomy of the Genus ''Lycium'' L. (Solanaceae) in Africa. Thesis (Ph.D. (Botany and Genetics))--University of the Free State. https://scholar.ufs.ac.za/handle/11660/1960?show=full It has been recorded in Sardinia, Italy. This shrub is found in other Mediterranean countries such as Tunisia and Spain. There is one record in France from 2020. It has become naturalised in Australia and New Zealand. It is listed in Australia's Weed of National Significance list and is a declared noxious weed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |