Lycium berlandieri
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Lycium berlandieri in Saguaro National Park , Arizona |
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Lycium berlandieri is a plant type from the genus of Lycium ( Lycium ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Lycium berlandieri is a 0.7 to 2.5 m high, sparsely branched shrub . Its leaves are hairless, 1 to 2.5 mm long and 1.5 to 6 mm wide.
The flowers are hermaphroditic and four or five-fold. The calyx is cup-shaped, the calyx tube is 1 to 3 mm long, the length of the calyx lobes corresponds to about 1/3 of the length of the calyx tube. The tips of the calyx tips are covered with a small tuft of hair. The crown is white or pale lavender in color and is inverted conical-funnel-shaped. The length of the corolla tube is 4 to 9 mm, the length of the corolla lobes corresponds to 1/6 to 1/3 of the length of the corolla tube. The stamens are densely hairy in the lower third of the free-standing part.
The fruit is a spherical berry with a diameter of 5 mm. It contains a multitude of seeds .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36.
Occurrence
The species is distributed in North America and occurs there in the Mexican states of Baja California Sur , Sonora , Sinaloa , Chihuahua , Durango , Coahuila , Tamaulipas , Hidalgo , Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí , as well as in the US states of Arizona , New Mexico and Texas before.
Systematics
Internal system
Four varieties are distinguished within the species:
- Lycium berlandieri var. Berlandieri
- Lycium berlandieri var. Longistylum C.L. Hitchc.
- Lycium berlandieri var. Parviflorum (A.Gray) A.Terracc.
- Lycium berlandieri var. Peninsulare (Brandegee) CLHitchc.
External system
Within the box thorn ( Lycium ) the species is grouped according to phylogenetic studies in a clade with other North and South American species of the genus. The species is closely related to Lycium americanum , Lycium infaustum , Lycium exsertum , Lycium Fremontii , Lycium parishii , Lycium texanum , Lycium torreyi , Lycium andersonii , Lycium elongatum , Lycium athium and Lycium minimum .
literature
- JS Miller and RA Levin: Lycium berlandieri . 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
Individual evidence
- ^ Lycium berlandieri at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Lycium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
