Lycium acutifolium
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Lycium acutifolium is a plant species from the genus of the buckthorn ( Lycium ) inthe nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Lycium acutifolium is a 1.5 to 3 m tall, upright or sometimes climbing or prostrate shrub . The leaves are hairless, 10 to 23 mm long and 3 to 7 mm wide.
The flowers are hermaphroditic and five-fold. The calyx is bell-shaped and hairless. The calyx tube is 2 to 3 mm long and covered with 0.5 to 0.8 mm long calyx lobes. The crown is half-egg-shaped and spread, it is cream-white in color, the veins are purple. The corolla tube reaches a length of 7 to 8 mm, the corolla lobes are 2 to 3.5 mm long. The base of the stamens is hairy.
The fruit is an egg-shaped or elongated egg-shaped, red berry that reaches a length of 6 to 8 mm and a width of 4 to 5 mm.
Occurrence
The species is widespread on the African continent and occurs there in South Africa in the provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal , as well as in Mozambique .
Systematics
Within the box thorn ( Lycium ) the species is grouped according to phylogenetic studies in a clade with other ancient world species of the genus. Within this clade, the species is closely related to the species Lycium eenii , Lycium shawii , Lycium schweinfurthii , Lycium bosciifolium , Lycium hirsutum and Lycium villosum .
supporting documents
- JS Miller and RA Levin: Lycium acutifolium . In: Project Lycieae
- Rachel A. Levin et al .: Evolutionary Relationships in Tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae). In: DM Spooner, L. Bohs, J. Giovannoni, RG Olmstead and D. Shibata (eds.): Solanaceae VI: Genomics meets biodiversity. Proceedings of the Sixth International Solanaceae Conference, ISHS Acta Horticulturae 745, June 2007. ISBN 978-90-6605-427-1 . Pp. 225-239.