Abstract

The name of the genusLyciumoriginates from the Greek namelykionfor a thorny shrub, derived fromLycia, the name of an ancient country in Asia Minor where a similar spiny shrub was found. The specific epithetferocissimumcomes from the Latinferox,meaning “bold” or “fearless,” referring to the very spiny nature of the shrub (Green 1994; Parsons and Cuthbertson 2001).

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