Lycium berlandieri

Lycium berlandieri is a plant of the genus Bock mandrels ( Lycium ) in the nightshade family (Solanaceae ).

Description

Lycium berlandieri is a 0.7 to 2.5 m high, sparsely branched shrub. Its leaves are glabrous, 1 to 2.5 mm long and 1.5 to 6 mm wide.

The flowers are hermaphroditic and four or fünfzählig. The calyx is cup-shaped, the calyx tube 1-3 mm long, the length of the sepals, representing about 1 /3 of the length of the calyx tube. The tips of the sepals are covered with a small tuft of hair. The crown is white or pale colored lavender and inverted conical funnel -shaped. The length of the corolla tube is 4-9 mm, the length of the Kronlappen corresponds to 1/ 6 to 1/ 3 of the length of the corolla. The stamens are densely hairy in the lower third of the free-standing part.

The fruit is a berry spherical with a diameter of 5 mm. It comprises a plurality of seeds.

Occurrence

The species is widespread in North America and is present there in the Mexican states of Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí, and in the U.S. states of Arizona and Texas.

System

Inside systematics

Within the species, four varieties are distinguished:

  • Lycium berlanderi var berlanderi
  • Lycium berlanderi var parviflorum
  • Lycium berlanderi var longistylum
  • Lycium berlanderi var peninsular

Outer systematics

Within the goat spines ( Lycium ) the species is according to phylogenetic studies in a clade grouped with other North and South American species of the genus. The species is closely related americanum with Lycium, Lycium infaustum, Lycium exsertum, Lycium fremontii, Lycium parishii, Lycium texanum, Lycium torreyi, Lycium andersonii, Lycium elongatum, Lycium athium and Lycium minimum.

Documents

  • J. S. Miller and R. A. Levin: Lycium berlandieri. In: Project Lycieae
  • Rachel A. Levin et al.: Evolutionary Relationships in Tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae ). In: D. M. Spooner, L. Bohs, J. Giovannoni, R. G. 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
  • Bock mandrels
  • Lycium
Asterids Solanales Chihuahua (state) Hidalgo (state)
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