Solanum atropurpureumSchrank

WFO wfo-0001026388 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. a Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 199858436
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. b William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188902172
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Fernando Sessegolo
fig. c Fernando Sessegolo, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175960055
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. d Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173393254
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. e Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173393311
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Esteban Villa Restrepo
fig. f Esteban Villa Restrepo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 28307512
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Piter Kehoma Boll
fig. g Piter Kehoma Boll, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 22999383
Solanum atropurpureum, photographed by Daniel A. Monsalve Ortiz
fig. h Daniel A. Monsalve Ortiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25040271

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum atropurpureum is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastBrazil NorthBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Solanum atropurpureum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Solanum atropurpureum var. atropurpureum
  • Solanum atropurpureum var. aureimicans Bitter
  • Solanum atropurpureum var. diaphanadenium Bitter
  • Solanum atropurpureum var. ochrochlorum Dunal
  • Solanum atropurpureum var. sanguineum Dunal
  • Solanum sanguineum Dunal
  • Solanum vernicatum Lindl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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