Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum polyacanthos Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 2: 23 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cuba to Hispaniola. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti

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/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 28, 1905 Valeur, E.J. [810] Dominican Republic K000196219 Yes
Jun 28, 1905 Valeur, E.J. [810] Dominican Republic K000196220 Yes
Jun 28, 1905 Ekman, E.L. [H12586] Dominican Republic K000196215 Yes
Jun 28, 1905 Ekman, E.L. [H1165] Haiti K000196223 Yes
Jun 28, 1905 Tuerckheim, H., von [2894] Dominican Republic K000196217 Yes
Jun 28, 1905 Fuertes, M. [289] Dominican Republic K000196218 Yes
Eggers, H.F.A., von [1544] Dominican Republic K000196221 No
Leonard, E.C. [11041] Haiti K000196216 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [48] Dominican Republic K000196222 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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