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Genus: Lycium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Solanales >  Family: Solanaceae

About 100 species, found worldwide in warm and temperate regions, especially the New World. There are about 16 species in southern Africa.

Herbivores in southern Africa

Acherontia atropos (Death's Head Hawkmoth)

The caterpillars eat the leaves of many species in the Solanaceae, including Lycium.

Lepidoptera: Sphingidae

 

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