Lycium pumilum
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Lycium pumilum is a plant type from the genus of Lycium ( Lycium ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Lycium pumilum is a 0.6 to 1.2 m high, stiff, erect, with spines occupied shrub . The leaves are frosted, succulent and hairless. They become 10 to 15 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide.
The flowers are hermaphroditic and five-fold. The calyx is tubular to bell-shaped. The calyx tube has a length of 2.5 to 4 mm and is covered with 0.5 to 0.8 mm long calyx lobes. The crown is egg-shaped and bent back. It is white in color and has purple veins and pale purple corolla lobes. The corolla tube is 4 to 5 mm long, the corolla lobes 3 to 4 mm. The stamens are densely tomentose about 1 mm above the base.
The fruit is an orange-red to red, spherical berry with a diameter of 4 mm.
Occurrence
The species is widespread on the African continent and occurs there in South Africa in the provinces of Western Cape , Eastern Cape , North Cape and Free State , as well as in Namibia .
Systematics
According to molecular biological studies, the species is most closely related to Lycium decumbens . Both are classified in a large monophyletic clade of ancient species of the genus, but the exact relationships within the clade are still unclear.
supporting documents
- JS Miller and RA Levin: Lycium pumilum . 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. pp. 225-239. ISBN 978-9066054271 .