Lycium

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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Lycium is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the order Solanales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. Common names for the genus include desert-thorn and teaplants. The taxon is accepted and produces berries. While most species are bisexual, cryptic dioecy occurs in some.

Records of Lycium have been documented in Mexico and the United States. The genus is associated with brackish habitats. Various databases contain thousands of records, including 2,383 PubMed entries, 275,016 GBIF occurrences, and 1,332 iDigBio records. iNaturalist lists a species with the common name matrimony vine, which has 8,033 observations.

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Species

teaplants

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSolanales
FamilySolanaceae

Habitatbrackish

Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Bolivia, Botswana

Observations8,033

Observations recorded275,016

枸杞属（学名：Lycium）是茄目茄科的一属，约有80多种。[1][2] 目录 1 形态 2 分布 3 用途 4 参考资料形态为一种灌木，花有梗，花萼呈钟状，具不等大的2-5萼齿或裂片，在花蕾中镊合状排列。浆果，具肉质的果皮。[2] 分布主要分布在南美洲，少数种类分布于欧亚大陆的温带地区。[2] 用途中药中所称的“枸杞子”即指本属中的宁夏枸杞（L. barbarum）或枸杞（L. chinense）两种的果实。[2] 参考资料 ^ 1.0 1.1 Genus: Lycium L.. Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01 [2010-12-13]. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 中国植物物种数据信息库取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=枸杞属&oldid=44305985” 分类：枸杞属藥用植物隐藏分类：物种微格式条目含有拉丁語的條目

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