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Lycium barbarum
Sign in to saveAlso known as Chinese wolfberry, Chinese boxthorn, Himalayan goji, Tibetan goji, mede berry, barbary matrimony vine, red medlar, matrimony vine
species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
*Lycium barbarum*, commonly known as matrimony vine, is a species of perennial shrub within the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the genus *Lycium* and is classified under the order Solanales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The plant is a source of goji and has uses as a medicinal plant, food, therapeutic food, and vegetable.
The taxon range includes China, Xinjiang, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Records from iDigBio indicate occurrences in the United States and Canada, with specimens held by institutions such as UTEP, CMN, CHAS, DAV, and CAS. The species has been documented with 41,575 occurrences in GBIF and 7,985 observations on iNaturalist.
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Species
matrimony vine
Lycium barbarum
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,102
- With media
- 1,407
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- UTEP, CMN, CHAS, DAV, CAS, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Lycium barbarum
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Lycium barbarum
- taxon common name
- 宁夏枸杞
- Commons gallery
- Lycium barbarum
- this taxon is source of
- goji
- taxon range
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- short name
- L. barbarum
- Montana Plant Life URL
- montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/species03.cgi?Solanaceae_Lyciumbarbarum
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Lycium barbarum is a shrub native to China, with present-day range across Asia and southeast Europe. It is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being Lycium chinense.
Common names of the plant in English include Chinese wolfberry, barbary matrimony vine, red medlar or matrimony vine. In the United Kingdom it is also known as Duke of Argyll's tea tree after Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll who introduced it in the country in the 1730s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lycium barbarum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.