Lycium sokotranum
Appearance
Lycium sokotranum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Lycium |
Species: | L. sokotranum
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Binomial name | |
Lycium sokotranum R.Wagner & Vierh. (1906)
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Lycium sokotranum is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, that is endemic to the Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean (Yemen). It is a spiny, much-branched shrub that is <2 m tall. It is widespread and often abundant on coastal plains and limestone plateaus of Socotra and on the central plains of Abd al Kuri.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Miller, A. (2004). "Lycium sokotranum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45037A10975264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45037A10975264.en. Retrieved 14 September 2024.