PLANTS Profile for Lycium puberulum (downy desert-thorn)

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PLANTS Profile

Lycium puberulum A. Gray
downy desert-thorn

Symbol:

LYPU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

More Information:

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Lycium puberulum A. Gray

Distribution:
Lycium puberulum A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Lycium puberulum A. Gray

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 22 species in Lycium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

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Classification:
Lycium puberulum A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Lycium L. – desert-thorn
Species	Lycium puberulum A. Gray – downy desert-thorn

More Accounts and Images:
Lycium puberulum A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30546.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 05:53 AM CDT