Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Lycium cooperi |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nightshade; night-shade; night shade; nightshades; potato |
| Genus common name(s) | lycium; desert-thorn; desert thorn; desertthorn; salicieso |
| Species common name(s) | Cooper's lycium; Cooper's box-thorn; Cooper's box thorn; Cooper's boxthorn; Cooper's desert-thorn; Cooper's desert thorn; Cooper's desertthorn; Cooper's wolfberry; Cooper lycium; Cooper box-thorn; Cooper box thorn; Cooper boxthorn; Cooper desert-thorn; Cooper desert thorn; Cooper desertthorn; Cooper wolfberry; peach desert-thorn; peach desert thorn; peach box-thorn; peach box thorn; peach thornbush; peach-thorn; peach thorn; peachthorn |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | matrimony-vine, matrimony vine are applied to multiple Solanaceae taxa; box-thorn, box thorn, boxthorn, thorn-bush, thorn bush, thornbush, wolf-berry, wolf berry, wolfberry, tea-tree, tea tree, teatree, tea-vine, tea vine, teavine, false jessamine, bastard jasmine are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-thorn, squaw thorn, squawthorn |
| Notes | Cooper is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Coopers is an error |
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