Solanaceae

Schwenckia L.

First published in Gen. Pl., ed. 6.: 577 (1764)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Introduced into:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Heine in Kew Bull. 16: 465 (1963).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 20, as Schwenkia Linn.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 577 (1764) as “Schwenkia”
  • Heine in Kew Bull. 16: 465 (1963).
  • Hunziker, Gen. Solanacearum: 93 (2001).
  • Kew Bull. 16: 465 (1963).
  • Schwenckia L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 577 (1764) as “Schwenkia”
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 21, 102 (1804).
  • emend. Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 21, 102 (1804).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • "Gen. Pl. ed. 6: (“567”) 577 (1764), as “Schwenkia"""
  • Gen. Solanaceae: 93 (2001)
  • K.B. 16: 465–469(1963);
  • Rodriguesia 44: 307–524 (1978);

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I., et al [23998] Bolivia K000373109 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I., et al [24720] Bolivia K000373110 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Pozo, P.S.I.; Villarroel, D. [585] Bolivia K000373112 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I., et al [24233] Bolivia K000373111 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I., et al [24392] Bolivia K000373113 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; Paz, L.M.; Piva, J.H. [1418] Brazil K000578253 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54586] Brazil K001073570 Yes
Feb 6, 2001 Silva, M.A. [2499] Brazil K001073566 Yes
Feb 5, 2001 Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Rossi, L.; Cordeiro, I.; Chukr, N.S. [CFSC 6905] Brazil K001073571 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [22543] Brazil K001073565 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17008] Brazil K001073569 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001073504 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.L.; Passos, L.; Saar, E. [PCD 5447] Brazil K001073574 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [4184] Brazil K001073501 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Rossi, L.; Cordeiro, I.; Chukr, N.S. [CFSC6905] Brazil K001073499 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Martinez, M.T.; Ledezma, R. [29114] Bolivia K001567616 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [16991] Bolivia K001567618 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Martinez, M.T.; Ledezma, R. [29119] Bolivia K001567617 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Martinez, M.T.; Ledezma, R. [28967] Bolivia K001567615 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. & Wendelberger, K. [17231] Bolivia K001567611 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Hind, D.J.N. & Arias, M.R. [27976] Bolivia K001567610 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Guedes, M.L. [24103] Brazil K001073577 Yes
Brooks, R.R.; Reeves, R.D. [592] Brazil K001073567 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001073573 Yes
Andrade, W.M.; Figueiredo, L.S. [120] Brazil K001073572 Yes
Bautista, H.P.; Pinto, G.C.P. [797] Brazil K001073568 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Guedes, M.L. [24104] Brazil K001073576 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [22543] Brazil K001073608 Yes
Gibert [863] Uruguay K001073500 Yes
Rodal, M.J.N. [287] Brazil K001073575 Yes
Pereira, B.A.S. [211] Brazil K001073502 Yes
Widgren, J.F. [s.n.] Brazil K001073503 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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.

  • 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

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