Solanum bonarienseL.

WFO wfo-0001026614 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum bonariense, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. a Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199472830
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. b Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183624923
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. c Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183524567
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. d Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188684199
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Andrea Gantzer
fig. e Andrea Gantzer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188373330
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. f Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187597735
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. g Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187572740
Solanum bonariense, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. h Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165475114

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum bonariense is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay Argentina NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastUruguay
Native distribution of Solanum bonariense, 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 South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
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 17 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 arborescens Moench
  • Solanum asterigerum Bertol.
  • Solanum asteroideum St.-Lag.
  • Solanum astroites J.Jacq.
  • Solanum baccatum hort. ex Steud.
  • Solanum bonariense f. bonariense
  • Solanum bonariense f. typicum Hassl.
  • Solanum bonariense var. bonariense
  • Solanum excelsum Salisb.
  • Solanum fastigiatum Willd.
  • Solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum
  • Solanum grandiflorum hort. ex Steud.
  • Solanum grandiflorum Desf.
  • Solanum grandiflorum f. grandiflorum
  • Solanum grandiflorum var. grandiflorum
  • Solanum saponaceum var. uruguense Griseb.
  • Solanum typicum Hassl.

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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