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Lycium

L.
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teaplant
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Summary

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....read more on Wikipedia.

114 Lycium species found, including:

Lycium andersoniiwater jacket4Lycium barbarummatrimony vine1Lycium berlandieriberlandier wolfberry3Lycium brevipesbaja desert-thorn2Lycium californicumcalifornia desert-thorn3Lycium carolinianumcarolina desert-thorn3Lycium chilensechilean boxthorn8Lycium chinensechinese teaplant2Lycium depressum2Lycium europaeumeuropean teatreeLycium fremontiifremont's desert-thorn1Lycium glomeratum2Lycium intricatumsouthern boxthorn2Lycium macrodondesert wolfberry2Lycium pallidumpale desert-thorn2Lycium parishiiparish's desert-thorn2Lycium puberulumdowny desert-thorn2Lycium ruthenicumrussian box thornLycium schweinfurthiischweinfurth's tea-tree2Lycium tenuispinosum3
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