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Spiny shrubs. Leaves usually in axillary clusters, simple, entire. Flowers actinomorphic, solitary or in small clusters. Calyx 5-toothed or weakly 2-lipped with 2-3 teeth, scarcely enlarging in fruit. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes spreading. Fruit a small berry. Derivation of name: Greek name from the country Lycia. Worldwide: 100 species in warm temperate regions, mostly America. Botswana: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bosciifolium Schinz | N,SW | |
| cinereum Thunb. | SW,SE | |
| horridum Thunb. | SW,SE | |
| oxycarpum Dunal | ||
| pilifolium C.H. Wright | SW | |
| schizocalyx C.H. Wright | N,SW,SE | |
| shawii Roem. & Schult. | N | Description, Image |
| villosum Schinz | SW |
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