Lycium sokotranum
| Lycium sokotranum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Lycium |
| Species: | L. sokotranum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycium sokotranum Wagner & Vierh. | |
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
- 1 2 Miller, A. (2004). "Lycium sokotranum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2004: e.T45037A10975264. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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