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.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

July 9, 2004

Location

Kenya (Sue Brown's private garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Garden no. 2001.0397C

April 6, 2003

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum

Specific Epithet

quitoense

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#241,058 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →