Lycium ostrum, a New Species of Lycium (Solanaceae) from Qinghai, China

Dong Jing-zhou; Wang Jia-nan; Wang Ying

doi:10.3417/2025958

Dong Jing-zhou Wuhan Polytechnic University and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wang Jia-nan Wuhan Polytechnic University
Wang Ying Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2025958

Keywords: China, endemic species, Lycium ostrum, Numhon, Qaidam, Solanaceae

Abstract

The new species Lycium ostrum J. Z. Dong (Solanaceae) from Qinghai Province, China, is established and illustrated. It has a close association with L. ruthenicum Murray but is distinguished by several morphological characters: a slender, flexible stem, with thorns occurring at the nodes or not, usually clustered with leaves and flowers, and brown, globose berries, usually with a groove at the apex, the pedicel 15–20 mm long, and seeds numbering 10 to 20.