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Lycianthes rantonnetii

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Internal ID UUID6440413ada48f289456446
Scientific name Lycianthes rantonnetii
Authority (Carrière) Bitter
First published in Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 24 [preprint]: 332. 1919.

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Lycianthes rantonnetii, also known as the blue potato bush or Paraguay nightshade, is a flowering plant native to South America. It is a rounded evergreen shrub that can reach up to 6 feet in height and produces bright blue-purple trumpet-shaped flowers with a yellow eye in the summer. It is widely cultivated and can be grown in mild or coastal areas, as well as in containers. However, all parts of the plant are considered toxic to humans, despite being related to food plants like the potato and tomato. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit and is named after a French horticulturalist. The plant has been placed in the Solanum genus in the past, but recent investigations have resulted in its placement in Lycianthes. There are still many unknown species within this genus that require further study.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lycianthes rantonnei (Carrière) Bitter Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 24 [preprint]: 332. 1919.
Solanum corniculatum Hiern Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 1877-78: 45. 1877-78.
Solanum japonicum Carrière REv. Hort. [Paris] 1859: 135. 1859.
Solanum muticum N.E.Br. Kew Bull. 1894: 6. 1894.
Solanum rantonnetii Carrière REv. Hort. [Paris] 1868: 420. 1868.
Solanum rantonnetii Carrière ex Lesc. Horticult. Franc., ser. 2, 1: 197, pl. 16. 1859.
Solanum urbanum var. foliosum Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 8: 152. 1916.
Solanum urbanum var. nervosum Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 8: 152. 1916.
Solanum urbanum var. subtomentosum Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 8: 152. 1916.
Solanum urbanum var. typicum Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 8: 151. 1916.

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Language Common/alternative name
English blue potato bush
Arabic حدق الأرجنتين
German enzianstrauch
German kartoffelbaum
Finnish helmikoisoke
Finnish kesäkoiso
French arbre à gentiane
frr irpelbuum
Swedish himmelsöga
Chinese 蓝花红丝线
Chinese 蓝花茄

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001022497
USDA Plants LYRA5
Tropicos 29608993
INPN 717299
Flora of Italy 9626
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146600-2
The Plant List kew-2496248
NCBI Taxonomy 148306
IPNI 146600-2
iNaturalist 339360
GBIF 3799026
Freebase /m/05p8xw1
EPPO SOLRA
Calflora (Californian flora) 9153
Calflora (Californian flora) 10963
USDA GRIN 419343
Wikipedia Lycianthes_rantonnetii
Open Tree Of Life 988462

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Kenya Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Manda RR, Schulz OM, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Lacomme C, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R EFSA J 25-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11044013
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8742
PMID:38665158
Plant Resource Use and Pattern of Usage by the Naturalized Orchid Bee (Euglossa dilemma: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida Pemberton RW Insects 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10743517
doi:10.3390/insects14120909
PMID:38132583
Exploring Plants with Flowers: From Therapeutic Nutritional Benefits to Innovative Sustainable Uses Coyago-Cruz E, Moya M, Méndez G, Villacís M, Rojas-Silva P, Corell M, Mapelli-Brahm P, Vicario IM, Meléndez-Martínez AJ Foods 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10671036
doi:10.3390/foods12224066
PMID:38002124
Fine mapping of the flavonoid 3’,5’-hydroxylase gene controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis in pepper anthers and stems Wang Y, Wang Z, Du H, Chen B, Wang G, Wang Q, Geng S, Zhang X Front Plant Sci 27-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10416102
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1232755
PMID:37575941
Nuclear phylogeny and insights into whole-genome duplications and reproductive development of Solanaceae plants Huang J, Xu W, Zhai J, Hu Y, Guo J, Zhang C, Zhao Y, Zhang L, Martine C, Ma H, Huang CH Plant Commun 25-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10363554
doi:10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100595
PMID:36966360
Pest categorisation of Phenacoccus solenopsis Bragard C, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Gregoire J, Malumphy C, Campese C, Czwienczek E, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 18-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8371560
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6801
PMID:34429782
Impact of Nucleic Acid Sequencing on Viroid Biology Adkar-Purushothama CR, Perreault JP Int J Mol Sci 01-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7432327
doi:10.3390/ijms21155532
PMID:32752288
Iridescence and hydrophobicity have no clear delineation that explains flower petal micro-surface Garcia JE, Shrestha M, Ospina-Rozo L, Dekiwadia C, Field MR, Ma JS, Tran N, Dyer AG, Fox K, Greentree AD Sci Rep 30-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7326983
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-67663-6
PMID:32606366
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
Signal or cue: the role of structural colors in flower pollination Garcia JE, Shrestha M, Howard SR, Petersen P, Dyer AG Curr Zool 13-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6688579
doi:10.1093/cz/zoy096
PMID:31413719
The discovery and eradication of potato spindle tuber viroid in Canada Singh RP Virusdisease 02-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4262315
doi:10.1007/s13337-014-0225-9
PMID:25674616
Flower colour and cytochromes P450 Tanaka Y, Brugliera F Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 19-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3538422
doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0432
PMID:23297355
Immunolocalization of Solanaceous SUT1 Proteins in Companion Cells and Xylem Parenchyma: New Perspectives for Phloem Loading and Transport Schmitt B, Stadler R, Sauer N Plant Physiol 01-Sep-2008
PMCID:PMC2528081
doi:10.1104/pp.108.120410
PMID:18614713

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