Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Burundi, China South-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Vasquez, Ro 34606

November 5, 2008

Location

Peru, Loreto, Loreto

-4.456389, -74.078333

Location Remarks

Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz

Notes

Arbusto 1.2 m; flores lilas; frutos amarillos.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum

Specific Epithet

mammosum

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

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

0.2

Global rank

#218,836 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →