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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Solandra

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Solanales > Family: Solanaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Solandra grandiflora (Hueytlaca)

[= Solandra nitida]

Native from Cuba to Brazil.

Solandra guttata (Chalice vine)

Native to Mexico.

Solandra maxima (Cup of gold)

Native from Mexico to Venezuela.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.