Lycium elongatum
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Lycium elongatum is a plant type from the genus of Lycium ( Lycium ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Lycium elongatum is an upright shrub that reaches heights of 0.7 to 2.5 m. Its leaves are hairless and 2.5 to 30 mm long and 0.5 to 3 mm wide.
The flowers are hermaphroditic and usually five-fold, rarely six-fold. The calyx is tubular and hairless to fine downy hairy. The calyx tube reaches a length of 1.8 to 3 mm and is covered with 1 to 3 mm long calyx teeth. The crown is tubular and purple-purple in color. The corolla tube is 8 to 10 mm long, the corolla lobes reach a length of 2 to 3 mm. The stamens have a few isolated trichomes at their base.
The fruit is a red, dark purple or orange, egg-shaped berry with a length of 4 to 6 mm and a width of 3 to 4 mm. Eight to 15 seeds are formed per carpel .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
Occurrence
The species is widespread in South America and occurs there in Argentina in the provinces of Catamarca , Córdoba , La Rioja , Mendoza , San Juan , San Luis , Santiago del Estero and Tucumán .
Systematics
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 berlandieri , Lycium andersonii , Lycium athium and Lycium minimum .
literature
- JS Miller and RA Levin: Lycium elongatum . 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 elongatum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis