Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum nigrescens M.Martens & Galeotti

First published in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12: 140 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. U.S.A. to Caribbean, Mexico to N. South America and Ecuador. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Knapp, S., Särkinen, T. & Barboza, G.E. (2023). A revision of the South American species of the Morelloid clade (Solanum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 231: 1-342.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1994). Flora de la Española 6: 1-517. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.123.31738. epublication.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Knapp, S., Särkinen, T. & Barboza, G.E. (2023). A revision of the South American species of the Morelloid clade (Solanum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 231: 1-342.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1994). Flora de la Española 6: 1-517. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • 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 Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Schomburgk [s.n.] Guyana K001058029 Yes
Jul 31, 2016 Jaramillo, J. [8237] Ecuador K001043126 Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Palmer, E. [101] Mexico K000063870 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Barkley, F.A. [13A162] United States K001159680 Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Palmer, E.J. [8776] United States K001159707 Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Palmer, E.J. [7658] United States K001159706 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Hanbury-Tracy, J. [454] Colombia K001162683 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Díaz M, D.; Miguel, A. [1010] Venezuela K001162667 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Small, J.K.; Small, G.K. [4193] United States K001043063 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Seibert, R.J. [601] Colombia K001162690 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Fendler, A. [1021] Venezuela K001043131 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Smith, H.H. [1170] Colombia K001043060 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 André, E. [638] Colombia K001162691 Yes
Nov 1, 2015 Barkley, F.A. [14585C] United States K001043074 Yes
May 1, 2015 Smith, H.H. [1168] Colombia K001162695 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Coulter, T. [1232] Mexico K001043062 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Pennell, F.W. [3388] Colombia K000788025 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Anonymous [17757] Costa Rica K000788049 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Wessels Boer, J.G. [1740] Venezuela K000788027 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Jaramillo, J. [8183] Ecuador K000788028 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Jeffrey, C. [2521] Venezuela K000788026 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Kuntze, O. [1657] Venezuela K000788030 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Gaumer, G.F. [479] Mexico K000788048 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Dawe, M.T. [289] Colombia K000788024 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Steinbach, J. [14844] Bolivia K000788035 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 André, E. [K639] K000788029 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Maj, M. [3439] Guatemala K000788046 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 DeWolf, G.P. [149] Costa Rica K000788047 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Plowman, T. [4447] Ecuador K000788032 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Kuntze, O. [2295] Venezuela K000788031 No
Aug 1, 2011 Herb. Kewense [K225] Colombia K000788033 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Ruiz-Terán, L. [3545] Venezuela K000788034 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Seemann, B.C. [1606] Panama K000788043 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Chagala, B.G. [306] Mexico K001171645 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Linden, J. [254] Mexico K000063839 No
Jan 1, 1997 Galeotti, H.G. [1152] Mexico K000063838 Yes
Edmonds, J.M. [s.n.] Panama K001164886 Yes
Edmonds, J.M. [s.n.] Panama K001164887 Yes
Phillips, B.R. [111] Dominican Republic K001160584 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [6035] Panama K001164885 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [6035] Panama K001164884 Yes
Tate, R. [258] Nicaragua K001160583 Yes
Vargas, G.; Cascante, A.; Ruíz Boyer, A. [1617] Costa Rica Solanum costaricense K001160237 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

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