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Lycium

Called “teaplants” in GBIF

Lycium is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution around the globe, with species occurring on most continents in temperate and 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. Common English names for plants of this genus include box-thorn, wolfberry, and desert-thorn. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 101 species. Other estimates are of 70 to 80 species.

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109
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
2
plants on Plant News
3
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Plants in this genus

2 plants

Research on Lycium

3 articles
iNaturalist → · observation

Desert wolfberry shrub confirmed growing on Tucson hiking trail

If you're hiking desert trails in the Southwest, this spiny native shrub produces small edible be...

Goji berry's sperm protection claims outrun the actual human evidence

That goji berry shrub sold at nurseries as a hardy, drought-tolerant edible landscape plant is no...

What science is finding about Lycium

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.

Desert wolfberry shrub confirmed growing on Tucson hiking trail

If you're hiking desert trails in the Southwest, this spiny native shrub produces small edible berries that birds and wildlife...

Berlandier's wolfberry native-plants / phenology

Goji berry's sperm protection claims outrun the actual human evidence

That goji berry shrub sold at nurseries as a hardy, drought-tolerant edible landscape plant is now being studied for a much...

Goji berry medicinal-plants / ethnobotany