Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A. Gray var. californicum
California boxthorn, California desert-thorn
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2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm) 
2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Solanales | Potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias, sweet potatoes, morning glories, many others |
| Family | Solanaceae | Nightshade or potato family |
| Genus | Lycium | Either (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 |
| Species | californicum | Of or from California |
| var. | californicum | Of or from California |
Lycium californicum var. californicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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