Lycium schweinfurthii

Lycium schweinfurthii
	Lycium schweinfurthii
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Nightshade family (Solanaceae)
Genre :	Box thorn ( Lycium )
Type :	Lycium schweinfurthii
Scientific name
	Lycium schweinfurthii
	Dammer

Lycium schweinfurthii is a plant type from the genus of Lycium ( Lycium ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).

description

Lycium schweinfurthii is a 2 to 3 m high, rigid, upright shrub . Its leaves are succulent and hairless. They become 12 to 20 mm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.

The flowers are hermaphroditic and five-fold. The calyx is bell-shaped and hairless. The calyx tube is 1 to 1.5 mm long and is covered with 0.4 to 0.5 mm long calyx lobes. The crown is broadly hemispherical and spreading. It is colored off-white and has a purple corolla lobe. The corolla tube is 11 to 15 mm long, the corolla lobes 2 to 2.5 mm.

The fruit is a black, spherical to sometimes egg-shaped berry . It measures 4 to 5 mm in diameter.

Occurrence

The species is a southern Mediterranean floral element and occurs in Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Egypt , Israel , Cyprus , in the southern Aegean ( Crete , Karpathos island group, Rhodes ), in Sicily and on Pantelleria .

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 acutifolium , Lycium eenii , Lycium shawii , Lycium bosciifolium , Lycium hirsutum and Lycium villosum . The species is sometimes associated with Lycium intricatum .

supporting documents

JS Miller and RA Levin: Lycium schweinfurthii . In: Project Lycieae
Rachel A. Levin et al .: Evolutionary Relationships in Tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae). In: DM Spooner, L. Bohs, J. Giovannoni, RG Olmstead, D. Shibata (eds.): Solanaceae VI: Genomics meets biodiversity. Proceedings of the Sixth International Solanaceae Conference. In: ISHS Acta Horticulturae. Volume 745, June 2007, ISBN 978-90-6605-427-1 , pp. 225-239.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 270 .
^ Naomi Feinbrun: The genus Lycium in the Flora Orientalis region. In: Collectanea Botanica. Volume 7, No. 1, 1968, pp. 359--379 ( Lycium schweinfurthii : pp. 367-370), PDF file .
^ WT Stearn: Lycium. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 194 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).

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[ExkKr-1] Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 270 .

[Feinbrun-2] Naomi Feinbrun: The genus Lycium in the Flora Orientalis region. In: Collectanea Botanica. Volume 7, No. 1, 1968, pp. 359--379 ( Lycium schweinfurthii : pp. 367-370), PDF file .

[FE3-3] WT Stearn: Lycium. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 194 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).