Witheringia solanaceaL'Hér.

WFO wfo-0001032882 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-24 / obs. 146847855
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. b Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 146847684
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. c Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 95481572
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. d Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 78784634
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20845660
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Thalia M. Mite
fig. f Thalia M. Mite, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200506146
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. g Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177380216
Witheringia solanacea, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. h Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171481749

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Witheringia solanacea is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Witheringia solanacea, 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
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 21 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.

  • Acnistus lehmannii Dammer
  • Bassovia solanacea (L'Hér.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Bassovia solanacea var. glabrescens Hochr.
  • Bassovia solanacea var. solanacea
  • Brachistus hebephyllus Miers
  • Brachistus solanaceus Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.
  • Capsicum hebephyllum (Miers) Kuntze
  • Capsicum isothrix Standl.
  • Capsicum solanaceum (L'Hér.) Kuntze
  • Capsicum solanaceum var. glabrescens Kuntze
  • Capsicum solanaceum var. solanaceum
  • Capsicum tetramerum Standl. & C.V.Morton
  • Saracha solanacea (L'Hér.) Miers
  • Sicklera solanacea (L'Hér.) Sendtn.
  • Sicklera tetrandra A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
  • Solanum panamense Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Solanum peckii S.F.Blake
  • Witheringia filipes Alain
  • Witheringia pogonandra Lem.
  • Witheringia solanacea Miers ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Witheringia solanacea var. solanacea

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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