Lycium sokotranum

Lycium sokotranum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade: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. 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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