Solanum bahamenseL.

Bahama nightshade

WFO wfo-0001026453 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum bahamense, photographed by stinger
fig. a stinger, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-05 / obs. 186725429
Solanum bahamense, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. b Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 183153621
Solanum bahamense, photographed by steve b
fig. c steve b, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182880069
Solanum bahamense, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. d Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181501494
Solanum bahamense, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. e Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 178029407
Solanum bahamense, photographed by Diego Blanco
fig. f Diego Blanco, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140546838
Solanum bahamense, photographed by Diego Blanco
fig. g Diego Blanco, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140546805
Solanum bahamense, photographed by jrcagle
fig. h jrcagle, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134183903

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum bahamense is native: Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. FloridaCubaDominican RepublicHaitiJamaicaPuerto Rico BahamasLeeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Solanum bahamense, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA

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 31 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 anacanthum Dunal
  • Solanum bahamense var. lanceolatum Griseb.
  • Solanum bahamense var. luxurians D'Arcy
  • Solanum bahamense var. rugelii D'Arcy
  • Solanum bahamense var. subarmatum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz
  • Solanum cestrifolium Willd. ex Colla
  • Solanum cestrifolium Willd. ex Guss.
  • Solanum cestrophyllum Dunal
  • Solanum fruticosum Mill.
  • Solanum igneum L.
  • Solanum igneum var. igneum
  • Solanum igneum var. inerme Dunal
  • Solanum igneum var. parvifolium Vahl
  • Solanum lanceifolium Nocca
  • Solanum lanceifolium Salisb.
  • Solanum molle Bertero ex Dunal
  • Solanum parvifolium Steud.
  • Solanum persicifolium Dunal
  • Solanum persicifolium var. angustifolium Dunal
  • Solanum persicifolium var. belloi O.E.Schulz
  • Solanum persicifolium var. parvifolium (Vahl) O.E.Schulz
  • Solanum persicifolium var. persicifolium
  • Solanum racemosum Jacq.
  • Solanum racemosum var. igneum (L.) O.E.Schulz

and 7 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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