Solanum quitoense--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sue Brown. 10 July 04. 014.jpg
Solanum quitoense--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sue Brown. 10 July 04. 015.jpg
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Solanum quitoense--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 172.jpg
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Solanum quitoense--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 170.jpg
Solanum quitoense--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 171.jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galápagos, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Cuba, Jawa, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Kenya (Sue Brown's private garden)
Location Remarks
Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Specific Epithet
quitoense
Authorship
Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#241,058 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
9%
