Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.

First published in Icon. 3: 22 (1795)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. & Central U.S.A. to Mexico, S. South America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Kansas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Texas, Uruguay, Utah

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kentucky, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Namibia, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New South Wales, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Tennessee, Tunisia, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aubriot, X. & Knapp, S. (2022). A revision of the "spiny solanums" of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 198: 1-270.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Vladimirov, V. & al. (2023). New floristic records in the Balkans: 50. Phytologia Balcanica 29: 107-148.
  • Vladimirov, V. Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 37. Phytologia Balcanica 24: 397-461.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.24310/abm.v33i0.6978. epublication.
  • (2024). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378128808_ILLUSTRATED_FLORA_of_Albania_Update_101. epublication.
  • Aubriot, X. & Knapp, S. (2022). A revision of the "spiny solanums" of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 198: 1-270.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GBIF ( 2021-continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Vladimirov, V. & al. (2023). New floristic records in the Balkans: 50. Phytologia Balcanica 29: 107-148.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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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