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June 2025

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genus

Lycium L.

This genus name was first published in Spach, (M. M. & Galeotti Walp., Spach, and (M. M. & Galeotti Walp., Sp. Pl. 1: 191., 1753.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000022495.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 191. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Lycium

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Lycium brachyanthum	A.Gray ex Hemsl.	Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 426 (1882)		wfo-0001022696
Lycium filifolium	Gillies ex Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(83): 336. 1854 [Nov 1854]		wfo-0001022884
Lycium filifolium var. filifolium	–	–	—	wfo-0001022885
Lycium foetidum	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. : 150 (1782)		wfo-0001022906
Lycium inerme	L.f.	L.f., L.f., L.f., and L.f., Suppl. Pl. 150. 1782 [1781 publ. Apr 1782], 1782.		wfo-0001022965
Evoista	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. 56 (1838).		wfo-4000014406
Grabowskia	Schltdl.	W. . and W. ., Linnaea 7: 71., 1832.		wfo-4000016104
Grabowskya	Endl.	Arn. and Arn., Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 645. 1839 [Jan 1839], 1839.		wfo-4000016105
Jasminoides	Duhamel	Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 1: 134. 1789.		wfo-4000019526
Phrodus	Miers	Werderm. and Werderm., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser 2, 4: 33., 1849.		wfo-4000029340
Rhopalostigma	Phil.	Fl. Atacam. 42. t. 6 (1860).		wfo-4000033089
Teremis	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. 53 (1838).		wfo-4000037794
Crabowskia	G.Don	Gen. Hist. iv. 480 (1836), sphalm. orth.var. of Grabowskia Schltdl.		wfo-4000044889

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Lycium:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Lycium afrum	Boiv. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 515. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022608
Lycium afrum	Bojer	Hortus Maurit. 241. 1837		wfo-0001022607
Lycium afrum	Drège ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 518. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022606
Lycium afrum	Drège ex Dunal	Bot. Reg. 5: t. 354. 1819		wfo-0001022611
Lycium afrum	Mart. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 524. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022605
Lycium afrum	Rchb. ex Webb & Berthel.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 3 (part 2, sect. 3): 285. 1836-1850		wfo-0001022609
Lycium afrum	Thunb.	Prod. Pl. Cap. 37. 1794.		wfo-0001022610
Lycium afrum f. cinerascens	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	–	—	wfo-0001429858
Lycium afrum f. ochracea	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	–	—	wfo-0001429860
Lycium afrum var. carnosa	(Poir.) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 526. 1891	—	wfo-0001022621
Lycium afrum var. cinerascens	Dunal	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 521. 1852.	—	wfo-0001022622
Lycium afrum var. ochraceum	Dunal	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 521. 1852.	—	wfo-0001022625
Lycium anatolicum	A.Baytop & R.R.Mill	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35(3): 313. 1977		wfo-0001022636
Lycium angustifolium	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 8. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001022644
Lycium apiculatum	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 517. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022645
Lycium argentino-elongatum	Stuckert ex Seckt	Fl. Cordob. (Rev. Univ. Nac. Cordoba, 26-27) 439. 1929-30		wfo-0001022650
Lycium argentinum var. umbrosum	Hieron.	()		wfo-0001022653
Lycium armatum	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 95. 1854; Icon. Pl. Asiat. t. 415. 1854.		wfo-0001022654
Lycium aschersonii	Dammer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48(1-2): 226. 1912		wfo-0001022656
Lycium bachmannii	Schinz	Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 558. 1912.		wfo-0001022661
Lycium barbarum	Lam.	Encycl. (Lamarck) 3(2): 509. 1792.		wfo-0001022662
Lycium barbarum var. vulgare	Aiton	Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 257. 1789 [7 Aug-1 Oct 1789]		wfo-1200010850
Lycium barbatum	Thunb.	Prodr. Pl. Cap. 37. 1794.		wfo-0001022668
Lycium barbinodum	Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(80): 138. 1854 [Aug 1854]		wfo-0001022669
Lycium berberidoides	Correll	Wrightia 3(7): 138. 1965.		wfo-0001022670
Lycium berlandieri	A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 47. 1866		wfo-0001022672
Lycium berlandieri subvar. brachyanthum	(A.Gray ex Hemsl.) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 520. 1891		wfo-0001022680
Lycium berlandieri var. barbinodum	A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 522. 1891		wfo-0001394069
Lycium berlandieri var. brevilobum	C.L.Hitchc.	Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 250, pl. 15, figs. 13-15. 1932		wfo-0001022686
Lycium berlandieri var. miersii	A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 520. 1891		wfo-0001394071
Lycium berlandieri var. palmeri	(A.Gray) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 521. 1891		wfo-0001022689
Lycium brachyanthum	A.Gray ex Hemsl.	Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 426. 1882		wfo-0000231348
Lycium brevistylum	Tod.	Nuov. Gen. Sp. 74. 1861		wfo-0001022701
Lycium campanulatum	E.Mey.	Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 109. 1843		wfo-0001022709
Lycium canescens	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 95. 1854		wfo-0001022711
Lycium canum	Gillies ex Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 3: 112. 1844		wfo-0001022712
Lycium capense	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 7. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001022713
Lycium capillare	Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(81): 188. 1854 [Sep 1854]		wfo-0001022714
Lycium carinatum	S.Watson	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 65. 1889		wfo-0001022716
Lycium carnosum	Hort.Monsp. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 520. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022717
Lycium carnosum	Poir.	Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3: 427. 1814.		wfo-0001022718
Lycium carnosum	Veill.	Traité Arbr. Arbust. (Duhamel), nouv. éd. 1: 111. [1800-1803]		wfo-1200009734
Lycium carolinianum var. cedrocense	A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 518. 1891		wfo-0001022728
Lycium caspia	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 513. 1891.	—	wfo-0001023264
Lycium cedrosense	Greene	Pittonia 1: 268. 1889		wfo-0001022732
Lycium chilense var. capillare	(Miers) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 529. 1891		wfo-0001022749
Lycium chilense var. gelidum	(Wedd.) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 528. 1891		wfo-0001022756
Lycium chilense var. lineare	Miers	–	—	wfo-0001022762
Lycium chilense var. tomentosulum	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 91: 21. 1895		wfo-0001022778
Lycium chinense f. subglobosa	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	–	—	wfo-0001429867
Lycium chinense f. subglobosum	(Dunal) Terraciano	Malpighia 4: 515 (1891)	—	wfo-1200073849
Lycium chinense f. turbinatum	Terraciano	Malpighia 4: 515 (1891)	—	wfo-1200074328
Lycium chinense subf. lanceolatum	(Poir.) Terraciano	Malpighia 4: 515 (1891)	—	wfo-1200073848
Lycium chinense subsp. cochinchinense	(Lour.) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 515. 1891.	—	wfo-0001022787
Lycium chinense subsp. indicum	(Wight) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 515. 1891.	—	wfo-0001022788
Lycium chinense var. cochinchinense	(Lour.) Terraciano	Malpighia 4: 515 (1891)	—	wfo-1200074327
Lycium cinerascens	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 527. 1891	—	wfo-0001022613
Lycium cinereum	Krauss ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 517. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022803
Lycium cinereum subsp. apiculatum	(Dunal) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 523. 1891.	—	wfo-0001022809
Lycium cochinchinense	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. 134. 1790		wfo-0001022815
Lycium cordatum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 10. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001022826
Lycium crassifolium	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 135. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0001022828
Lycium cufodontii	Lanza	Missione Biol. Borana 202. 1939.		wfo-0001022830
Lycium elongatum	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 136. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0001022861
Lycium erythraeum	Schweinf. ex Vatke	Linnaea 43: 333. 1882		wfo-0001022868
Lycium europaeum	Hort.Audib. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 511. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022869
Lycium europaeum var. arabicum	Terraciano	Malpighia 4: 517 (1891)	—	wfo-1200074331
Lycium flaccidum	K.Koch	Dendrologie 2(1): 347. 1872 [Dec 1872]		wfo-0001022889
Lycium flexicaule	Pojark.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 13: 255. 1950		wfo-0001022890
Lycium floridum	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 135. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0001022905
Lycium foetidum	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. 150 (1782)		wfo-0000231349
Lycium foliosum	Stocks	Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 179. 1852		wfo-0001022907
Lycium fuchsioides	Hort.Monsp. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 603. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001022918
Lycium gelidum	Wedd.	Chlor. And. 2: 108. 1859.		wfo-0001022921
Lycium glauca	(Miers) A.Terracc.	Malpighia 4: 513. 1891.	—	wfo-0001023266
Lycium glaucum	Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(79): 17. 1854 [Jul 1854]		wfo-0001022930
Lycium graciliflorum	Dammer	Meded. Rijks-Herb. 29: 23. 1916		wfo-0001022937
Lycium gracilipes	A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 81. 1877		wfo-0001022938
Lycium griseolum	Koidz.	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 103. 1924		wfo-0001022943
Lycium halimifolium var. subglobosum	(Dunal) C.K.Schneid.	Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 611 (1911)	—	wfo-1200073850
Lycium halophyllum	Welw. ex Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(79): 11. 1854 [Jul 1854]		wfo-0001022947
Lycium imbricatum	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 3: 112. 1844.		wfo-0001022961
Lycium indicum	Retz.	Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 2: 12. 1781		wfo-0001022963
Lycium indicum	Wight	Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4(2): t. 1403. 1848		wfo-0001022964
Lycium intricatum subsp. intricatum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098265
Lycium intricatum subsp. pujosii	Sauvage	Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 35: 73 (1955)		wfo-1200011408
Lycium italicum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001022969
Lycium japonicum	Thunb.	Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 3: 207. 1780		wfo-0000231351
Lycium japonicum	Thunb.	Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 93. 1784 [Aug 1784]		wfo-0001022972
Lycium japonicum	Thunb.	Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 228. 1784 [May-Jun 1784]		wfo-0001022973
Lycium javellense	Lanza	Missione Biol. Borana 204. 1939.		wfo-0001022974
Lycium kopetdaghi	Pojark.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 13: 273. 1950		wfo-0001022977
Lycium macranthum	Buchinger ex Krauss	Flora 27(2): 829. 1844		wfo-0001022988
Lycium macrocalyx	Dammer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48(1-2): 232. 1912		wfo-0001022989
Lycium macrocalyx	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89: 590. 1929		wfo-0001022990
Lycium macrocarpum	hort. ex Lavallée	Énum. Arbres 181. 1877		wfo-0001022991
Lycium makranicum	Schönb.-Tem.	Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 100: 39. 1972		wfo-0001022996
Lycium microphyllum	Loisel.	Traité Arbr. Arbust. (Duhamel), nouv. éd. 1: 112. 1812?		wfo-0001023012
Lycium nanum	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 91: 25. 1895		wfo-0001023029
Lycium natalense	Dammer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48(1-2): 233. 1912		wfo-0001023030