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Species Details

Lycium verrucosum

San Nicolas Island desert-thorn

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  Classification

Scientific Name:
Lycium verrucosum Eastw.
Common Name:
San Nicolas Island desert-thorn
Family: Solanaceae
Element Code: PDSOL0G0M0
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:

  Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank: 1A
Fed List: None
State List: None
Global Rank: GXQ
State Rank:
 SX
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:
Add Date: 1974-01-01
Date Edited: 2021-06-03

  Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial shrub
Blooming Period: Apr
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Elevation:
- meters
- feet
General Habitats:
  • Coastal scrub
Microhabitat Details:
Microhabitat:

  Notes

Notes:
Known only from the type collection (in 1901); locality vague. Recent field surveys unsuccessful. Perhaps a form of L. brevipes. See Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences III 1:111 (1898) for original description, and Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 19:257-258 (1932) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

  Threat List Data from the CNDDB

Threat List Total: 0
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 0 %
THREAT LIST:
No threats

  Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Total Occurrences: 1
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
0 0 0 0 1 0
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 1
Recent <=20 Years 0
Presence:
Presumed Extant 0
Possibly Extirpated 1
Presumed Extirpated 0

  Location

California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
California (CA)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Ventura (VEN)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
San Nicolas Island (3311924)*
Notes:
Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
* Presumed extirpated
(?) Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.
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  Map

Presumed Extant
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  Selected References

Suggested Citation:
California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 19 April 2024].