Lycium is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution around the globe, with species occurring on most continents in temperate and subtropical regions. South America has the most species, followed by North America and southern Africa. There are several scattered across Europe and Asia, and one is native to Australia. Common English names for plants of this genus include box-thorn and desert-thorn.
Rumex hypogaeus, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack, devil's thorn, or double gee, is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It is native in South Africa and is an invasive species in Australia, Texas in the USA & Pakistan.
Lycium ferocissimum, the African boxthorn or boxthorn, is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The species is native to the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Free State provinces in South Africa and has become naturalised in Australia and New Zealand. It is listed in Australia's Weed of National Significance list and is a declared noxious weed in the United States.
Pentaceras australe, commonly known as bastard crow's ash, penta ash or black teak, is the only species in the genus Pentaceras in the plant family Rutaceae. It is a small to medium-sized rainforest tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has pinnate leaves with up to fifteen leaflets, small white flowers arranged in panicles on the ends of branchlets, and winged seeds.
Cuscuta australis, commonly known as Australian dodder, is a herb in the family Convolvulaceae.
Scaevola collaris is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae and its native range is five mainland states/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.
Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family. It is native to Australia, being found in all mainland states: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, in moist areas in and around claypans.
Swainsona procumbens is a plant in the pea family (Fabaceae) native to Australia and found in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.
Ptilotus divaricatus is a shrub in the Amaranthaceae family.
Codonocarpus cotinifolius a tall shrub or tree in the Gyrostemonaceae family is a found in all mainland states of Australia, including Victoria, and is widespread in arid areas. It is suspected of being toxic to stock.
Coopernookia strophiolata is a shrub in the Goodeniaceae family, endemic to Australia and found in both Western Australia and South Australia.
Arabidella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It was first described in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller as a subgenus of Erysimum to give the name, Erysimum subg. Arabidella, but was elevated to genus status by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924. The type species is Arabidella trisecta.
Lachnostachys eriobotrya is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia.
Hybanthus floribundus is a plant in the Violaceae family, found in southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Calocephalus sonderi is a plant in the family Asteraceae, found in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Lycium ferocissimum, the African boxthorn, is a species of shrub in the family Solanaceae (nightshades). They have a self-supporting growth form. Individuals can grow to 1.5 m.
Sclerolaena eurotioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Western Australia. It was first described in 1869 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Echinopsilon eurotioides, but was transferred to the genus, Sclerolaena in 1978 by Andrew John Scott.
Sesbania formosa is a leguminous tree native to northern Australia, first described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Agati formosum, from specimens collected the banks of the Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers. It was transferred to the genus, Sesbania, by Nancy Burbidge in 1965.
Senna notabilis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Australia, first described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Cassia notabilis. It was transferred to the genus, Senna in 1990 by Barbara Rae Randell.
Arabidella trisecta is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It was first described in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Erysimum trisecta, but was transferred to the genus, Arabidella in 1924 when by Otto Eugen Schulz elevated Muelller's subgenus Arabidella to genus status. No type specimen was indicated by Mueller in 1853, and in 1965 Elizabeth A. Shaw specified the lectotype as MEL 758 and a paralectotype MEL 0000778A, both collected by Mueller from Spencers Gulf in South Australia.
