Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Lycium L.
DESERT-THORN
Classification
SOLANALES
Lycium
Citation
LYCIUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 191. 1753.
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TYPE: Lycium afrum Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 168. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Lycium carolinianum CHRISTMASBERRY; CAROLINA DESERT-THORN Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Evoista Evoista Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur 56. 1838. TYPE: = Panzeria J. F. Gmelin 1791.
Grabowskia Grabowskia Schlechtendal, Linnaea 7: 71. 1832. TYPE: Grabowskia boerhaaviifolia (Linnaeus f.) Schlechtendal 1832. (Lycium boerhaaviifolium Linnaeus f. 1782.)
Jasminoides Jasminoides Duhamel du Monceau, Traite Arbr. Arbust. 1: 305. 1755. TYPE: = Lycium Linnaeus 1753.
Oplukion Oplukion Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 53. 1838. TYPE: = Lycium Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Panzeria Panzeria J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 211, 247. 1791, non Panzera Cothenius 1790. TYPE: Panzeria caroliniana (Walter) J. F. Gmelin (Lycium carolinianum Walter)
Phrodus Phrodus Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2. 4: 33. 1849. TYPE: Phrodus microphyllus (Miers) Miers 1849. (Alona microphylla Miers 1845.) Lectotypified by D'Arcy, Solanaceae Newslett. 2(4): 28. 1986.
Teremis Teremis Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur 53. 1838. TYPE: Teremis elliptica Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Lycium barbarum Linnaeus) Lectotypified by D'Arcy, Solanac. Newslett. 2(4): 23. 1986.