Lycium chinense
Chinese Box Thorn, Chinese Boxthorn
Other regional names: Chinese Desert Thorn +2 more
- Chinese Desert Thorn
- Chinese Matrimony Vine
- Chinese Teaplant
Also known as: Boberella rhombifolia (Moench) E.H.L.Krause +13 more
- Boberella rhombifolia (Moench) E.H.L.Krause
- Jasminoides rhombifolium Moench
- Lycium barbarum var. chinense (Mill.) Aiton
- Lycium chinense subsp. rhombifolium (Moench) Thell.
- Lycium chinense var. ovatum (Poir.) C.K.Schneid.
- Lycium chinense var. rhombifolium (Dippel) S.Z.Liu
- Lycium chinense var. rhombifolium (Moench) Bean
- Lycium halimifolium subsp. rhombifolium (Moench) Vollm.
- Lycium megistocarpum Dunal
- Lycium megistocarpum var. lanceolatum (Poir.) Duhamel
- Lycium megistocarpum var. ovatum (Poir.) Dunal
- Lycium ovatum Loisel.
- Lycium ovatum Poir.
- Lycium rhombifolium (Moench) Dippel
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Solanaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a shrub.
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Lycium chinense (commonly known as Chinese box-thorn) is a shrub within the Solanaceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Mongolia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Qinghai, Taiwan, Xinjiang
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Assam, California, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kentucky, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Society Is., Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Thailand, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia