Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum lanceifolium Jacq.

First published in Collectanea 2: 286 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to Venezuela. It is a subshrub or climbing shrub. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Malaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Jacq., Coll. 2: 286 (1789).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 s.coll. [66] Martinique K000786729 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Linden, I. [1497] Colombia K000786716 Isotype Yes
Raynal, A.M. [19641] Saint Martin K001161213 Yes
Baker, R.E.D. [14691] Trinidad and Tobago K000819160 Yes
Britton, N.L. [2780] Trinidad and Tobago K000819159 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1803] Trinidad and Tobago K000819155 Yes
Baker, R.E.D.; Dennis, R.W.G. [14538] Trinidad and Tobago K000819153 Yes
Tonduz [17759] K001160467 Yes
Williams, R.O. [11792] Trinidad and Tobago K000819161 Yes
s.coll [37763] K001169119 Yes
Fendler, A. [996] Venezuela K001164305 Yes
André, E. [1623] Colombia K001164303 Yes
Smith, J.N. [G76] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K000819146 Yes
s.coll [52-46] Trinidad and Tobago K000819149 Yes
s.coll [264] Dominica K000819143 Yes
Thieme, C. [708] Honduras K001160465 Yes
Baker, R.E.D.; Dennis, R.W.G. [14538] Trinidad and Tobago K000819154 Yes
Chavarría, U. [1963] Costa Rica K001609417 Yes
s.coll [654] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K000819144 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [3876a] Colombia K001164302 Yes
Johnston, J.R. [69] Venezuela K001164308 Yes
Sugden, A.M.; Cardozo, A. [743] Venezuela K001164301 Yes
Palmer, E. [84] Mexico K000063787 Yes
Heyde; Lux [3447] Guatemala K001160464 Yes
s.coll [8081] Trinidad and Tobago K000819152 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.] Colombia K000449580 Yes
Herb. Forsyth [s.n.] K000819145 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [88174] Venezuela K001164306 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1803] Trinidad and Tobago K000819156 Yes
Haught, O.L. [4127] Colombia K001164310 Yes
s.coll [258] Trinidad and Tobago K000819147 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Davis, E.W. [3717] Colombia K001164309 Yes
Hahn, L. [878] Martinique K000819157 Yes
s.coll [385] Dominica K000819142 Yes
Lockhart [299] Trinidad and Tobago K000819148 Yes
Vélez, I. [3092] Virgin Islands K000819151 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001160466 Yes
André, E. [298] Colombia K001164304 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001169120 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Chacón, Q.L.E. [4970] Venezuela K001164307 Yes
André, E. [2598] Colombia K001164300 Yes
Herb. Gay, J. [s.n.] K000819150 Yes
Valverde, O.; Estrada, A.; Gómez, H. [379] Costa Rica K001160445 Yes
Linden, I. [1497] Colombia Solanum lasianthum K000585547 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maingay, A.C. [1158] Malaysia Solanum sarmentosum K001080494 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0