Solanum erianthumD.Don

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WFO wfo-0001027834 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum erianthum, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. a Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-18 / obs. 198700910
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. b Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198650252
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. c Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197059161
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. d Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195399067
Solanum erianthum, photographed by José Gerardo Velasco
fig. e José Gerardo Velasco, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193503479
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. f Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194425545
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. g Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194186758
Solanum erianthum, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. h Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189626973

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum erianthum is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasBelizeColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoTrinidad-Tobago BahamasGalápagosLeeward Is.Turks-Caicos Is.
Native distribution of Solanum erianthum, 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
Belize BLZ
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Galápagos GAL
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX

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 12 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 adulterinum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Solanum amblycalycinum St.-Lag.
  • Solanum amblycalyx Dunal
  • Solanum erianthum var. adulterinum (Ham. ex G.Don) Baker & N.W.Simmonds
  • Solanum erianthum var. erianthum
  • Solanum eriocalyx Dunal
  • Solanum mauritianum Blanco
  • Solanum pubescens Roxb.
  • Solanum racemosum Mill.
  • Solanum verbascifolium var. adulterina Ham.
  • Solanum verbascifolium var. adulterinum G.Don
  • Solanum verbascifolium var. exstipulatum Kuntze

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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