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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.

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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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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

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