Solanum lyratumThunb.

WFO wfo-0001029226 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum lyratum, photographed by Wang.QG
fig. a Wang.QG, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-28 / obs. 173836406
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Yoshihiro Tokue
fig. b Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125737321
Solanum lyratum, photographed by りなべる
fig. c りなべる, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111859368
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. d Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52323460
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. e Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52324456
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. f Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51800519
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. g Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46059391
Solanum lyratum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44790031

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum lyratum is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Tibet, Cambodia, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetCambodiaVietnam Korea
Native distribution of Solanum lyratum, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
Vietnam VIE

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 14 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 cathayanum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
  • Solanum dichotomum Lour.
  • Solanum dulcamara var. chinense Dunal
  • Solanum dulcamara var. lyratum (Thunb.) Bonati
  • Solanum dulcamara var. pubescens Blume
  • Solanum kayamae T.Yamaz.
  • Solanum lyratum Thunb.
  • Solanum lyratum f. lyratum
  • Solanum lyratum f. purpuratum Konta & Katsuy.
  • Solanum lyratum var. filamentaceum Hayashi
  • Solanum lyratum var. glabratum Maxim.
  • Solanum lyratum var. lyratum
  • Solanum purpuratum Konta & Katsuy.
  • Solanum septemlobum var. indutum Hand.-Mazz.

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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