Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq.

First published in Misc. Austriac. 2: 298 (1781)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America, Trinidad-Tobago. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Assam, India

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.

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

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

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.
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
  • 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/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • 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, 1996 Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Motta, J.T. [63359] Brazil K001058749 Yes
Aug 1, 1995 Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Vicentini, A.; Pereira, E.C.; Nascimento, J.R. [1296] Brazil K001058751 Yes
Mar 1, 1990 Agra, M.F. [441] Brazil K001058754 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Parker [s.n.] Guyana K000590186 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Baker, C.F. [42] Brazil K001058753 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Glaziou, A.F.M. [9997] Brazil K001058760 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 s.coll. [s.n.] K001058758 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [4235] Brazil K001058750 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Trail, J.W.H. [588] Brazil K001058761 Yes
Jul 12, 1976 Spruce [899] Brazil K001058757 Yes
Jul 12, 1976 Trail, J.W.H. [588] Brazil K001058755 Yes
Jul 4, 1905 Redden, K.M. [3924] Guyana K000788371 Yes
Milliken, W. [2403] Brazil K001058752 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [978] Guyana K001162169 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] K001116660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jenman [5045] Guyana K001162202 Yes
Evans, R.J.; Lewis, G. [1824] Suriname K001162215 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Haripersaud, P.P.; Muller, O.; et al [5856] Guyana K001162194 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Feuillet, C.; Hiepko, P.; Skog, L.E.; et al [453] Guyana K001162208 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] India K001116656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; et al [3068] Brazil K001162227 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Beck, H.; Cardoso, J. [30358] Brazil K001162226 Yes
Campbell, D.G.; Monteiro, O.P; Nelson, B.W.; Ongley, J.C. [P220228] Brazil K001162189 Yes
Hahn, W.; Gillespie, L.; Persaud, H. [5698] Guyana K001162195 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1502] Guyana K001162203 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [588] Brazil K001058759 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6419] Ecuador K001165978 Yes
Torke, B.M.; Valda, J. [589] Bolivia K001574079 Yes
Delnatte, C. [369] French Guiana K001162217 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Haripersaud, P.P.; Muller, O.; et al [5856] Guyana K001162193 Yes
Richardson, W.D. [588] Trinidad and Tobago K001161135 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [87546] Venezuela K001165995 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [651] Guyana K001162184 Yes
Balée, W.L.; Ribeiro, B.G. [1559] Brazil K001162228 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [11039] Brazil K001162225 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2627] India K001116662 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whitton, B.A. [41] Guyana K001162172 Yes
Haxaire, G. [5150] Peru K001165988 Yes
Jenman [4572] Guyana K001162183 Yes
Jenman [4698] Guyana K001162204 Yes
Parker [s.n.] Guyana K000590185 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Jong, W. [64] Peru K001165989 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001170291 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1589] Guyana K001162171 Yes
Herb. Forsyth [578a] K001161140 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [s.n.] Guyana K001162177 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [116] Guyana K001162213 Yes
Beck, H.T.; Rothschild, L., de; Souza, R. [313] Brazil K001162230 Yes
Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; et al [P16589] Brazil K001162188 Yes
Sieber [177] Trinidad and Tobago K001161141 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3365] Guyana K001162197 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6670] Trinidad and Tobago K001161137 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [43] Trinidad and Tobago K001161134 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2627] Malaysia K001116655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thurn, E.F., im [s.n.] Guyana K001162214 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F. [23602] Brazil K001162186 Yes
Costa, M.A.S.; Nascimento, J.R. [134] Brazil K001162190 Yes
Evans, R.J.; Lewis, G. [1824] Suriname K001162216 Yes
Hahn, W.; Tiwari, S.; Ameer, M. [3801] Guyana K001162196 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2212] Suriname K001162222 Yes
Colchester, M.E.M. [2502] Venezuela K001165983 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [7973] Guyana K001162198 Yes
Rambaran, C.V. [42] Guyana K001162182 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1491] Guyana K001162170 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058756 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [607] Guyana K001162180 Yes
Lugo Sanchez, H. [2119] Ecuador K001165993 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6195] Trinidad and Tobago K001161138 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] K001116659 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jenman [5375] Guyana K001162209 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Sheviak, C.; Davis, E.W. [4069] Ecuador K001165994 Yes
Raynal, A.M. [15554] Trinidad and Tobago K001161136 Yes
s.coll [492] French Guiana K001162218 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [978] Guyana K001162178 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [10064] Brazil K001162206 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [623] Guyana K001162212 Yes
Henkel, T.W.; James, R.; Husher, J. [6864] Guyana K001162199 Yes
Lugo Sanchez, H. [1553] Ecuador K001165992 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Gustafsson, C.; James, V.; et al [4312] Guyana K001162192 Yes
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [22905] Guyana K001162175 Yes
Barrier, S. [252] Peru K001165987 Yes
Boom, B.M.; Weitzman, A.L.; Nee, M. [5329] Venezuela K001165980 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Chanderbali, A.; Raghoenandan, U.; et al [3340] Guyana K001162207 Yes
Guillén, R.; Chore, R. [3455] Bolivia K001165991 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F.; Norde, R.; Schulz, J.P. [1350] Suriname K001162220 Yes
s.coll [492] French Guiana K001162219 Yes
Hardy, T. [128] Guyana K001162201 Yes
Nee, M.; Whalen, D. [17162] Venezuela K001165981 Yes
Knapp, S.; Mallet, J. [6748] Venezuela K001165982 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] K001116661 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; et al [P17464] Brazil K001162187 Yes
de Jong, W. [79] Peru K001165990 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [623] Guyana K001162211 Yes
s.coll [6075] Guyana K001162174 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Jardim, J.G.; Ferrucci, M.S.; Sant'Ana, S.C., de [7184] Brazil K001162191 Yes
Lee, G.; Persaud, R. [42] Guyana K001162185 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2627] India K001116654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harrison, S.G. [532] Guyana K001162179 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; et al. [10724] Brazil K001162224 Yes
Archer, W.A. [2365] Guyana K001162205 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Hetterscheid-Hollants, A.M.C. [499] Suriname K001162223 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6195] Trinidad and Tobago K001161139 Yes
Anderson, A.B.; Strudwick, J.; Sobel, G.; Goncalves, M.; et al [1051] Brazil K001162229 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Gopaul, D.; James, V. [2172] Guyana K001162200 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1356] Suriname K001162221 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001170292 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1344] Guyana K001162210 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] K001116658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Tiwari, S. [2297] Guyana K001162181 Yes
Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [28] Venezuela K001165979 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1069] Guyana K001162173 Yes
Maguire; Fanshawe [22905] Guyana K001162176 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2627] K001116657 Unknown Type Material Yes

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