Lycium chinense

Lycium chinense

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

Description

Lycium chinense is a 0.5 to 1 m tall, erect or climbing shrub. The leaves are 15-50 mm long and 5-25 mm wide.

The flowers are hermaphrodite. The calyx is hairy bell-shaped and ciliated. The cup has a tube length of from 3 to 4 mm. The crown is pale purple, the corolla tube is 9-12 mm long, the Corolla lobe are shorter or nearly equal length.

The fruit is a red, ovoid or elongated berry with a length of 7 to 15 mm and a width of 5 to 8 mm. It comprises a plurality of seeds.

Fruits

Leaves and buds

Chinese wolfberry, dried fruits

Occurrence

The species is widespread in Eurasia and get there before in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Nepal and Pakistan.

System

Within the species, two varieties are distinguished:

  • Lycium chinense var chinense
  • Lycium chinense var potaninii

Molecular biological studies show a strong supported clade chinense Lycium next from the commons Wolfberry ( Lycium barbarum ) and Lycium ruthenicum there. However, the relationships of the three species to other Old World species is not clear.

Documents

  • J. S. Miller and R. A. Levin: Lycium chinense. 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. Pp. 225-239. ISBN 978-9066054271.
Asterids Solanales Philip Miller
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