Solanum elaeagnifolium

TaxID: 115664

Basic Information

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Bull-nettle

Solanum elaeagnifolium, the silverleaf nightshade or silver-leaved nightshade, is a species of plant in the nightshade family native to North and South America. It is common in parts of southwestern USA, and sometimes weed of western North America. Other common names include prairie berry, silverleaf nettle, white horsenettle or silver nightshade. In South Africa it is known as silver-leaf bitter-apple or satansbos ("Satan's bush" in Afrikaans). More ambiguous names include "bull-nettle", "horsenettle" and the Spanish "trompillo". Solanum elaeagnifolium was described by A. J. Cavanilles. The plant described under the same name by W. Herbert and C. L. Willdenow based on E.G. von Steudel is Solanum aethiopicum.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Solanaceae

Solanum

elaeagnifolium

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (18 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Azerbaijan Absent 2024
Belarus Absent 1994
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
EPPO A2 Present —
Georgia Absent 2018
Kazakhstan A1 list 2017
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (65 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

62
Present
3
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bahamas Present —
Brazil Present —
Botswana Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR2038442 Leaves and Flowers mature hermaphrodite 25617181 Greece:Thessaloniki

DNA Barcodes (47 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SLNM050-19 - trnH-psbA 449 South Africa 2018-02-28 -26.52361, 29.19333
SLNM050-19 - rbcL 590 South Africa 2018-02-28 -26.52361, 29.19333
SLNM049-19 - trnH-psbA 460 South Africa 2018-02-27 -26.33833, 29.68917
SLNM049-19 - rbcL 567 South Africa 2018-02-27 -26.33833, 29.68917
SLNM044-19 - trnH-psbA 459 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.17917, 29.78806
SLNM044-19 - rbcL 568 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.17917, 29.78806
SLNM043-19 - trnH-psbA 474 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.03944, 29.68639
SLNM043-19 - rbcL 571 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.03944, 29.68639
SLNM039-19 - trnH-psbA 455 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.685, 29.20306
SLNM039-19 - rbcL 568 South Africa 2018-02-27 -25.685, 29.20306
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Literature