Nicandra physalodes

TaxID: 33118

Basic Information

Nicandra physalodes

Apple Of Peru, Apple of Peru, shoo-fly plant

Nicandra physalodes is a species of flowering plant in subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family. It is known by the common names apple-of-Peru and shoo-fly plant. It is thought originally to have been native to western South America, including Peru, and is known elsewhere as an introduced and ruderal species C sometimes as a weed C in tropical, subtropical and, to a lesser extent, temperate areas all over the world. It has also long been cultivated as an ornamental plant for its attractive flowers and curious fruits (the latter sometimes dried for use in floral design) and has been adopted into the traditional medicine of countries far-removed from its original home.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Solanaceae

Nicandra

physalodes

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Nicandra physalodes
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(c) unknown@CC0
Nicandra physalodes
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(c) David Torres@BY-NC
Nicandra physalodes
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(c) David Torres@BY-NC
Nicandra physalodes
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(c) Emmanuel Guevara Lazcano@BY-NC-SA
Nicandra physalodes
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(c) unknown@CC0

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 (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Paraguay Quarantine pests —

Distribution (107 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_050231475.1 Chromosome 933 87369 103652 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR20722137 Young leaves, mature leaves, young fruits, mature fruits, flowers, flower buds, roots, sepals, leaf Mixed stages - 78473346 China
SRR31078684 Leaf Mature - 28272134 China: Emei
SRR31078683 Leaf Mature - 23288035 China: Emei

DNA Barcodes (27 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
NLFLM4318-16 - matK 786 Netherlands 2013-01-09 51.321, 3.62
NLFLM4318-16 - ITS 812 Netherlands 2013-01-09 51.321, 3.62
NLFLM4240-16 - matK 812 Netherlands 2013-08-22 52.352, 4.9719999999999995
NLFLM4240-16 - ITS 812 Netherlands 2013-08-22 52.352, 4.9719999999999995
NLFLM2659-16 - matK 748 Netherlands 2012-08-29 52.384, 4.632
HIMS2092-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1985-10-23 43.97633, -80.9911
HIMS2092-12 - ITS2 324 Canada 1985-10-23 43.97633, -80.9911
HIMS2091-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1988-04-10 43.97633, -80.9911
HIMS2091-12 - ITS2 324 Canada 1988-04-10 43.97633, -80.9911
GBVK4199-11 - rbcL 1389 - - -
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Literature