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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lycium
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lycium
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Pignatti, 1982, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Afghanistan Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Australia Species List, Bhutan Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kuwait Species List, Lesotho Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palestine Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Slovakia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Sweden Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, Yemen Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Lycium afrum Bojer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium afrum L.)
Lycium afrum Drege
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium afrum Drege ex Dun.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium afrum Rchb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium afrum Rchb. ex Webb & Berth.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium afrum Thunb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium afrum L.)
Lycium angustifolium Mill.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium arabicum Schweinf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium argentino-cestroides Hieron.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium argentino-cestroides Hieron. ex Seckt)
Lycium argentinoelongatum Stuck.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium argentinoelongatum Stuck. ex Seckt
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium bachmannii Schinz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium barbarum Lam.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium barbarum Mill.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium berlandieri A. Gray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium berlandieri Dunal)
Lycium brachyanthum A. Gray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium brevistylum Tod.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium californicum Nutt.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray)
Lycium calpiche Phil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium campanulatum Drege
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium campanulatum Drege ex Dun.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium campanulatum E. Mey.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium canescens Griff.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium canum Gill.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium canum Gill. ex Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium capense Mill.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium carnosum Hort. Tonelle
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium carnosum Hort. Tonelle ex Dun.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium carnosum Poir.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium cedrocense Greene
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium cedrosense Greene
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium chilense var. minutifolium (J. Rémy) Terracino
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Lycium chilense Bertero)
Lycium ciliatum Griseb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium ciliatum Schltdl.)
Lycium cinereum Krauss
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium cinereum Krauss ex Dunal
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium cinereum Thunb.)
Lycium confusum Dammer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium cordobense Hieron.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium decumbens Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium dunalianum Bubani
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium edgeworthii Miers
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium edgeworthii Dunal)
Lycium elongatocestroides Hieron.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium elongatocestroides Hieron. ex Seckt
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium elongatum Salisb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium elongatum var. riojana Hieron.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium erythraeum Schweinf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium europaeum Gouan
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium europaeum L.)
Lycium europaeum Merat
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium europaeum Merat ex Dun.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium fagosum Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium filifolium Gillies
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium flaccidum K. Koch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium floribundum Dun.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium glaucum Miers
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium grevilleanum Gillies
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium griseolum Koidz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium halimifolium var. subglobosum (Dunal) C. K. Schneid. 1911
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Lycium chinense Mill.)
Lycium halophyllum Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium halophyllum Welw. ex Miers
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium hassei A. Gray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium hassei Greene)
Lycium hieronymi F. A. Barkley
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium hitchcockii F. A. Barkley
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium horridum Phil.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium imbricatum Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium indicum Retz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium lanceolatum Loisel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium longiflorum var. riojana Hieron.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium macrocarpum
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium merkeri Dammer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium microphyllum Loisel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium minutifolium R. Phil.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium nanum Phil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium natalense Dammer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium nutans Poepp.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium obovatum Buching.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium obovatum Buching. ex Krauss
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium obtusum Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium ovatum Loisel.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium palmeri A. Gray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium parvifolium T. Y. Chen & Xu L. Jiang
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium pendulum Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium puberulum var. berberioides (Correll) Chiang
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Lycium puberulum A.Gray)
Lycium pulchellum M. Martens & Galeotti
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium quadrifidum Moc. & Sessé
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium requienii Dunal
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium rigidum Gillies
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium rigidum Gillies ex Miers
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium rigidum Thunb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium roseum L. Bolus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium salsum W. Bartram
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium schaffneri A. Gray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium schaffneri A.Gray ex Hemsl.)
Lycium serpyllifolium Dunal
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium siculum Ucria
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium sinense
Doubtful according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium sinense hort. ex Miers)
Lycium sinense
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium spathulatum Mathews
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium spathulatum Mathews ex Dunal
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium spencerae J. F. Macbr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium spina-christi Sennen & Elias
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium spinosum Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium spinosum Sieber ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium stenophyllum Roem. & Schult.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium stenophyllum J.Rémy)
Lycium subglobosum Dunal
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium tenuispinosum S. B. Jones & W. Z. Faust
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Lycium tenuispinosum Miers)
Lycium tenuispinum Miers
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lycium turbinatum Loisel.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium turbinatum Veill.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium turcomannicum Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Lycium undulatum Dammer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nolana microphylla Miers
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cantalea Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Evoista Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Grabowskia Schltdl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Jasminoides Duhamel
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Jasminoides Medik.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Johnsonia Neck.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lycium L.
Authority according to NCBI
Oplukion Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Panzeria J. F. Gmel.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Phrodus Miers
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pukanthus Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Rhopalostigma Phil.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Teremis Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Triliena Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

wolfberry
Recognized by admin
desert-thorn preferred
teaplants

Arabic

حضض preferred
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Armenian

հազազ preferred
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Azerbaijani

İtüzümü preferred
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Belarusian

Ліцый preferred
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Bengali

লাইসিয়াম preferred
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Bulgarian

Мерджан preferred
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Chinese

枸杞属 preferred
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Croatian

Kustovnica preferred
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Czech

kustovnice preferred
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Danish

Bukketorn preferred
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Esperanto

Licioj preferred
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Finnish

Pukinpensaat preferred
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French

Lyciet preferred
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Galician

Cambroeira preferred
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Georgian

თეთრეკალა preferred
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German

Bocksdorne preferred
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Hebrew

אטד preferred
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Hungarian

Ördögcérna preferred
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Indonesian

Gharqad preferred
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Italian

Spina santa preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982

Japanese

クコ属 preferred
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Lithuanian

Ožerškis preferred
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Macedonian

плетиплотка preferred
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Malay

Gharqad preferred
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Norwegian

bukketornslekta preferred

Ossetian; Ossetic

Бурдзалæг preferred
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Persian

دیوخار preferred
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Polish

Kolcowój preferred
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Russian

Дереза preferred
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Slovak

kustovnica preferred
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Swedish

Bocktörnesläktet preferred
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bocktörnen

Tibetan

འདྲེ་ཚེར་མ། preferred
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Ukrainian

повій preferred
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Arz

لساس preferred
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Yue

杞子 preferred
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Zh Cn

枸杞属 preferred
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Zh Hans

枸杞属 preferred
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Zh Tw

枸杞屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Lycium

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Solanales
Solanaceae
Lycium (this page)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanoideae Burnett
Lycium L. (this page)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lycium (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Solanales
Solanaceae
Lycium (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lycium (this page)

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Lycium L. (this page)
22 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Asteranae
Solanales
Solanaceae
Lycium (this page)
31 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species