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Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A. Gray var. californicum

California boxthorn, California desert-thorn

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Lycium californicum (California boxthorn, California desert-thorn)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, Cali­fornia · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm)

Lycium californicum (California boxthorn, California desert-thorn)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, Cali­fornia · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderSolanalesPotatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias, sweet potatoes, morning glories, many others
FamilySolanaceaeNightshade or potato family
GenusLyciumEither (1) from Lycia, an ancient country in Asia Minor, and/or (2) from the Greek name Lykion used by Dioscorides and Pliny for some thorny tree or shrub, perhaps some species of Rhamnus, deriving probably from the Greek lykion for “thorn,” and reapplied by Linnaeus as the name for this genus. It is possible that the tree also came from the region of Lycia
SpeciescalifornicumOf or from California
var.californicumOf or from California

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Lycium californicum var. californicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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