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ferocissimum

Taxon

Lycium ferocissimum Miers

Protologue Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 14(81): 187. 1854 [Sep 1854]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 255.jpg

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 255.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 250.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 245.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 240.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 242.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 251.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 241.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 248.jpg

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 244.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 243.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 249.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 239.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 253.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 252.jpg

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 252.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 246.jpg

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 246.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 254.jpg

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 254.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 247.jpg

Lycium ferocissimum--CA. San Francisco Arbor. 3 Jul 07. 247.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho; introduced into Algeria, California, Cyprus, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 3, 2007

Location

United States, California (San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Lycium

Specific Epithet

ferocissimum

Authorship

Miers

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#308,318 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →