Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (4).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (11).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (2).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (1).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (9).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (8).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (10).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (3).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (6).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (5).jpg
Lycium carolinianum. C. Davidson 11922--Texas. Matagorda County. Highway 457. 4 Nov 2011. 001 (7).jpg
Native to Alabama, Cuba, Easter Is., Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Pitcairn Is., Texas, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.; extinct in South Carolina (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Matagorda (Sargent)
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Lycium
Specific Epithet
carolinianum
Authorship
Walter
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%
