Accession Data:
Solanum conocarpum Dunal
subg. Solanum sect. Geminata
- Common Name: marron bacoba [male]
- Family: Solanaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: St. John, US Virgin Islands
- Habitat: dry, deciduous forest
- Description: Solanum conocarpum is a thornless, flowering shrub that may reach more than nine feet in height. It is functionally dioecious, with male & female flowers on different plants. Endemic to St. John, only about 200 individuals known to exist in the wild, mostly on private property.2
- USDA Zone: 11-12
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201400204
- Source: GJA 5134 seedlings
- Accession Date: 10-20-2014
- Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024
- Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
- BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Solanaceae
- SubFamily: Solanoideae
- Tribe: Solaneae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Leeward Is.
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 October 2014.
- Center for Biological Diversity website. Accessed 20 October 2014.
- Gregory J. Anderson, Mona K. J. Anderson and Nikisha Patel; The ecology, evolution, and biogeography of dioecy in the genus Solanum: With paradigms from the strong dioecy in Solanum polygamum, to the unsuspected and cryptic dioecy in Solanum conocarpum; Am. J. Bot. March 2015 vol. 102 no. 3 471-486. (Local archived copy courtesy GJA). Last accessed on Monday, September 25, 2017.
data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:59:38 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Subfamily Solanoideae
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