DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15136208
title: Table 1 in A revision of the " spiny solanums " of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae)

description: Table 1. Distribution and status of the species of spiny solanums in tropical Asia. Single country endemics are in bold-face type. Species inclusion in subclades taken from Stern et al. (2011), Vorontsova et al. (2013), Aubriot et al. (2016a) and Gagnon et al. (2022). Country-level distribution is presented in Table 2.
SpeciesStatus in tropical AsiaDistributionSpecies group in Whalen (1984)Subclade (see above)Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.IntroducedWeedy worldwide in tropics and subtropics; native to southern South AmericaS. mammosum groupAcanthophoraSolanum aethiopicum L.Introduced; cultivatedOnly known from cultivation; originally from AfricaS. anguivi groupAnguivi gradeSolanum arundo MatteiNative; possibly introduced?India; East AfricaS. arundo groupDennekense cladeSolanum barbisetum NeesNativeChina, India and adjacent MyanmarNot includedUn-named group with S. praetermissum and S. wightiiSolanum camranhense Dy Phon & HulNativeVietnamNot includedS. camranhense and relativesSolanum capsicoides All.IntroducedWidespread weed in tropics and subtropics; native to southern South AmericaS. mammosum groupAcanthophoraSolanum chrysotrichum Schltdl.IntroducedWeedy in tropics and subtropics; native to Mexico and Central AmericaS. torvum groupTorvaSolanum comitis DunalNativeIndonesia (Java)Not includedUnknownSolanum cordatum Forssk.NativeWestern IndiaNot includedsister to Giganteum cladeSolanum cyanocarphium BlumeNativeIndochina and Malay Archipelago to PhilippinesUnusual speciesunplacedSolanum deflexicarpum C.Y.Wu & S.C.HuangNativeChina (Yunnan)Not includedS. violaceum and relativesSolanum dunalianum Gaudich.NativeIndonesia (Sulawesi); also on New Guinea and in the PacificS. dunalianum groupSahul-PacificSolanum elaeagnifolium Cav.IntroducedWeedy and invasive; native to the Americas (amphitropical)S. ellipticum groupElaeagnifoliumSolanum forskalii DunalNativeWestern IndiaNot includedUnknownSolanum giganteum Jacq.NativeTropical and subtropical Africa, peninsular India to Sri LankaS. giganteum groupGiganteumSolanum graciliflorum DunalNativeIndonesia (except Borneo)Unusual species (related to S. anguivi group)Sahul-PacificSolanum harmandii BonatiNativeCambodiaNot includedUnknownSolanum hovei DunalNativeIndiaNot includedS. violaceum and relativesSolanum insanum L.NativeTropical Africa to Indochina and the PhilippinesS. incanum groupEggplantSolanum involucratum BlumeNativeIndochina and Malay Archipelago (incl. Christmas Island)Not includedS. expedunculatum and relativesSolanum jamaicense Mill.IntroducedWeedy, scattered introductions; native to Caribbean and Central AmericaUnusual speciesMicracanthaSolanum kachinense X.Aubriot & S.KnappNativeMyanmarNot includedUnknownSolanum lasiocarpum DunalNativeWidespread; cultivatedS. quitoense groupLasiocarpaSolanum macrocarpon L.IntroducedCultivated; relatively widespread, but rare outside AfricaS. incanum groupAnguivi GradeSolanum mammosum L.IntroducedWidespread weed, sometimes cultivated; native to southern South AmericaS. mammosum groupAcanthophoraSolanum melongena L.Cultivated (native)Widespread in cultivationS. incanum groupEggplantSolanum miyakojimense T.Yamaz. & TakushiNativeJapan (Ryuku Islands), offshore islands of Taiwan, PhilippinesNot includedUnknownSolanum multiflorum RothNativeIndiaNot includedS. violaceum and relativesSolanum nienkui Merr. & ChunNativeChina (Hainan Island), VietnamNot includedS. camranhense and relativesSolanum peikuoense S.S.YingNativeTaiwanNot includedTorvaSolanum poka DunalNativeIndonesiaNot includedTorvaSolanum praetermissimum Kerr ex BarnettNativeSouthern China, Indochina to northeastern IndiaNot includedUn-named group with S. barbisetum and S. wightiiSolanum procumbens Lour.NativeSouthern China, Indochina to IndonesiaMiscellaneous species related to the broad S. anguivi group (as synonymof S. trilobatum)S. expedunculatum and relativesSolaum pseudosaponaceum BlumeNativeTaiwan, Japan (Ryuku Islands), Philippines, southern China, Indochina to Indonesia [Papua New Guinea]Not includedTorvaSolanum pubescens Willd.NativeIndiaUunsual species (related to S. somalense Franch.)GiganteumSolanum putii Kerr ex BarnettNativeThailandNot includedS. camranhense and relativesSolanum retrorsum ElmerNativeIndonesia, PhilippinesNot includedunplacedSolanum robinsonii BonatiNativeVietnamNot includedS. camranhense and relativesSolanum robustum H.Wendl.IntroducedWeedy, scattered distribution; native to southern South AmericaS. erythrotrichum groupErythrotrichumSolanum schefferi F.Muell.NativeIndonesia, Philippines [Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands]Not includedS. athenae and relatives; Sahul-Pacific (but see text)Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam.IntroducedWidespread weed; native to southern South AmericaUnusual speciesSisymbriifoliumSolanum sulawesi X.Aubriot & S.KnappNativeIndonesia (Sulawesi)Not includedUnknownSolanum torvoideum Merr. & L.M.PerryNativeIndonesia [Papua New Guinea]Not includedTorvaSolanum torvum Sw.IntroducedWidespread weed; native to Caribbean and Central AmericaS. torvum groupTorvaSolanum trilobatum L.NativeIndia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand to IndochinaMiscellaneous species related to the broad S. anguivi groupS. trilobatum + S. usaramenseSolanum vagum NeesNativeIndia, Sri LankaNot includedunplacedSolanum viarum DunalIntroducedWidespread weed throughout; native to southern South AmericaS. mammosum groupAcanthophoraSolanum violaceum OrtegaNativeWidespread throughout, but not south of IndonesiaS. anguivi group (as S. violaceum Jacq.)S. violaceum and relativesSolanum virginianum L.NativeWidespread from India and Sri Lanka to China; also Arabian Peninsula and (cultivated?) in northern AfricaS. incanum groupunplacedSolanum wightii NeesNativeIndiaUnusual species (as synonym of S. pubescens)Un-named group with S. barbisetum and S. praetermissumSolanum wrightii Benth.IntroducedCultivated; native to BoliviaS. crinitum groupCrinitum
description: Published as part of Aubriot, Xavier & Knapp, Sandra, 2022, A revision of the " spiny solanums " of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae), pp. 1 in PhytoKeys 198 on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.198.79514