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Taxon

Solanum americanum Mill.

Protologue Gard. Dict., ed. 8. [unpaged] Solanum no. 5. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (6).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (5).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (2).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (3).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (1).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (4).jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429.jpg

Solanum americanum, AraujoM2925--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 429.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (1).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (5).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (2).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (4).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (6).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153.jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (3).jpg

Solanum americanum, AAraujoM3107--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 153 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 60 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 104 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Araujo Murakami, A 3107

September 25, 2006

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde (Apolo)

-14.444722, -67.884722

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona, O. Valdes

Araujo-Murakami A. 2925

September 17, 2006

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum

Specific Epithet

americanum

Authorship

Mill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#324,279 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

8%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →