Lycium californicum
Lycium californicum is a species of the genus Bock mandrels ( Lycium ) in the nightshade family (Solanaceae ).
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Main documents
Description
Lycium californicum is a 0.1 to 2 m high, kinky branched, low- lying or creeping shrub. Its leaves are succulent, 2-25 mm long and 1-3 mm wide.
The flowers occur in two forms and are fourfold. The calyx is hairy bell-shaped and pubescent. The length of the calyx tube is 2 to 2.5 mm, the sepals are about 1/3 as long as the calyx tube. The crown is colored white to pale purple. The corolla tube is 2 to 4.5 mm long, the Corolla lobe are about as long as or slightly shorter.
The fruit is an egg-shaped, orange - red or red berry. Each carpel is formed from only a single seed.
Occurrence
The species is widespread in North America and is present there in the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Sonora and San Luis Potosi, and in the U.S. states of Arizona and California.
System
Inside systematics
Within the species, four varieties are distinguished:
- Lycium californicum var californicum
- Lycium californicum var arizonicum
- Lycium californicum var carinatum
- Lycium californicum var interior
Outer systematics
Molecular biological studies place the kind nodosum together with Lycium Lycium and vimineum in a significantly supported clade, Lycium californicum forms a Schwesterklade to the other two species.