Lycium barbarum L., Sp. Pl. 192 1753. (syn: Boberella halimifolia (Mill.) E. H. L. Krause; Jasminoides flaccidum Moench; Lycium afrum Rchb. ex Webb & Berth.; Lycium barbatum Thunb.; Lycium dunalianum Bubani ex Dun.; Lycium floridum Salisb.; Lycium halimifolium Miller; Lycium lanceolatum Veill.; Lycium thunbergii G. Don; Lycium turbinatum Veill.; Lycium vulgare Dun.; Teremis elliptica Rafin.);

N. & Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang; Introduced into: Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia as per POWO;

China (Gansu, N-Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, N-Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Argentina (I), Mauritius (I), Turkey (Inner Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia), Egypt (NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt), European Turkey, Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Lebanon (Antilebanon), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Nejd Desert), Syria (coastal W-Syria, Jazira, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Nepal, NW-India, Java, Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Bulgaria (I), Corsica (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Croatia (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Denmark (I), France (I), Germany (I), Ireland (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Baleares (I), Spain (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Portugal (I), Norway (I), Poland (I), Belarus (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), European Russia (I), Uzbekistan (I), Sweden (I), Korea (I), Estonia (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)) as per Catalogue of Life;

Garothi, Box Thorn, goji;
 


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Lycium barbarum from California-GS09112020-3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Lycium barbarum L.
Common names: Chinese wolfberry, Himalayan goji
The source of Goji berry, photographed from Fremont California, 18-9-2017



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Lycium barbarum family Solanaceae (Garothi =  Local name) another major food item of Grey Hypocolius in Kutch, Gujarat, India.
Although the major food item still remains the ripe and unripe berries of Salvadora persica (Khari jar_local name), Grey Hypocolius do feed on the berries and flower buds of Lycium bush in Kutch, this was observed on many occasion. The identity of this was established yesterday while discussing this with Botanist Dr. Pankaj Joshi.
Here in this picture you can see a grey hypocolius male on Lycium bush. They do roost in these bushes.
grey Hypocolius are still in Kutch till 12 th April 2008. I am going to check their roost tomorrow.
Last year the last sighting was on 16 th April 2008.


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