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Lycium  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 30531

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): desert-thorn
 
    wolfberry
 
    wolfberry species
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
  Latest Record Review: 1999    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassMagnoliopsida  -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons  
             SubclassAsteridae   
                OrderSolanales   
                   FamilySolanaceae  -- nightshades, solanacées  
                      GenusLycium L. -- desert-thorn, wolfberry, wolfberry species  
    Direct Children:  
                         Variety Lycium tweedianum var. tweedianum Griseb. -- tropical desertthorn 
                         Species Lycium andersonii Gray -- Anderson wolfberry, Anderson's wolfberry, water jacket 
                         Species Lycium barbarum L. -- common matrimonyvine, matrimony vine, matrimony-vine, matrimonyvine 
                         Species Lycium berlandieri Dunal -- berlandier wolfberry, Berlandier's wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium californicum Nutt. ex Gray -- California desert-thorn, California wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium carolinianum Walt. -- Carolina desert-thorn, Carolina wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium chinense P. Mill. -- Chinese desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium cooperi Gray -- Cooper wolfberry, Cooper's wolfberry, peach thorn 
                         Species Lycium exsertum Gray -- Arizona desert-thorn, littleleaf wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium ferrocissimum Miers -- African boxthorn, boxthorn 
                         Species Lycium fremontii Gray -- Fremont wolfberry, Fremont's desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium hassei Greene -- Santa Catalina Island desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium macrodon Gray -- desert wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium pallidum Miers -- pale desert-thorn, pale wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium parishii Gray -- Parish wolfberry, Parish's desert-thorn, Parish's wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium puberulum Gray -- downy desert-thorn, downy wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium richii Gray -- Baja desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium sandwicense Gray -- Hawai'i desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium shockleyi Gray -- Shockley's desert-thorn, Shockley's wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium texanum Correll -- Texas desert-thorn, Texas desertthorn 
                         Species Lycium torreyi Gray -- squawthorn, Torrey wolfberry, Torrey's wolfberry 
                         Species Lycium tweedianum Griseb. -- tropical desert-thorn 
                         Species Lycium verrucosum Eastw. -- San Nicholas desert-thorn 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Lycium   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lycium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Lycium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Lycium   
       
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Mon Feb 16 2009 06:43:40 MST