Lycium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Dry Top. & Subtropical to Mongolia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alberta, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Laos, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Society Is., South Dakota, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. (ed.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Iberica 11: 1-672. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • A.M. Venter, Taxonomy of Lycium, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Bloemfontein: 1–273 (2000).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 88 (1754).
  • Hunziker, Gen. Solanacearum: 158 (2001).
  • Lycium L., Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753)
  • Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Africa, Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Bloemfontein (2000);
  • Collect. Bot. 7: 359–379 (1968);
  • DC., Prodr. 13(1): 508 (1852);
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 88 (1754);
  • Gen. Solanaceae: 158–164 (2001)
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 191 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E. [7150], Kenya 31121.000 No
Wynd, F.L. [745], Mexico K000063311 No
Parry, C.C. [723], Mexico K000063312 No
Smakaune [678], Mexico K000063313 No

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0