Lycium tenuispinosumMiers

WFO wfo-0001023228 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Benjamin Bender
fig. a Benjamin Bender, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 192034952
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. b Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121028237
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by aacocucci
fig. c aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62190695
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. d Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113305977
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. e Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108728874
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. f Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108631861
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. g Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106572112
Lycium tenuispinosum, photographed by mgentile
fig. h mgentile, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174017193

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Lycium tenuispinosum is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Paraguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthChile CentralParaguay
Native distribution of Lycium tenuispinosum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Chile Central CLC
Paraguay PAR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Lycium berlandieri subvar. pubescens A.Terracc.
  • Lycium calycinum (Griseb.) A.Terracc.
  • Lycium chubutense Dusén
  • Lycium floribundum Dunal
  • Lycium floribundum subvar. floribundum
  • Lycium floribundum var. floribundum
  • Lycium floribundum var. normale A.Terracc.
  • Lycium floribundum var. tenuispinosum (Miers) A.Terracc.
  • Lycium friesii Dammer
  • Lycium ovalilobum C.L.Hitchc.
  • Lycium ovalilobum var. ovalilobum
  • Lycium ovalilobum var. sleumeri F.A.Barkley
  • Lycium patagonicum var. pubescens (Miers) A.Terracc.
  • Lycium pubescens Miers
  • Lycium salsum var. floribundum (Dunal) Kuntze
  • Lycium salsum var. pubescens (Miers) Kuntze
  • Lycium scoparium var. calycinum Griseb.
  • Lycium scoparium var. calycinum (Griseb.) A.Terracc.
  • Lycium spinulosum Miers
  • Lycium spinulosum var. parvifolium Miers
  • Lycium spinulosum var. spinulosum
  • Lycium tenuispinum Miers
  • Lycium venturi C.L.Hitchc.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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