Solanum paniculatumL.

WFO wfo-0001030198 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Márcia Martins
fig. a Márcia Martins, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-10 / obs. 196587496
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Helio Lourencini
fig. b Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111709816
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Filipi Miranda Soares
fig. c Filipi Miranda Soares, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108758630
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Helio Lourencini
fig. d Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95152974
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Arne Holgersson
fig. e Arne Holgersson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 61311763
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Arne Holgersson
fig. f Arne Holgersson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 61311738
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Helio Lourencini
fig. g Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93035038
Solanum paniculatum, photographed by Márcia Martins
fig. h Márcia Martins, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37454988

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum paniculatum is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-Central
Native distribution of Solanum paniculatum, 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
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC

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 18 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 belfort Vand.
  • Solanum belfortianum Dunal
  • Solanum botelhianum Dunal
  • Solanum brasilianum Dunal
  • Solanum canescens Hassl.
  • Solanum chloroleucum Dunal
  • Solanum dictyoticum Roem. & Schult.
  • Solanum macronema Sendtn.
  • Solanum manoelii Moric.
  • Solanum mutabile Witasek
  • Solanum paniculatum f. paniculatum
  • Solanum paniculatum subsp. integrifolium (Dunal) Hassl.
  • Solanum paniculatum subsp. paniculatum
  • Solanum paniculatum var. ellipticum Chodat
  • Solanum paniculatum var. integrifolium Dunal
  • Solanum paniculatum var. paniculatum
  • Solanum reticulatum Willd.
  • Solanum rothelianum Steud.

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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