Lycium carolinianum Walter belongs to the Solanaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Lycium
Specific Epithet
carolinianum
Authorship
Walter
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#295,742 of 335,497
Top 89%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
United States, Texas, Matagorda
28.765278, -95.626111
Location Remarks
End of Highway 457 at the coast. Along the edge of the estuary. 2 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, C. Efraimson
Notes
Coastal dunes, on the sea-side of a small estuary.