Nightshades

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Figure 5.Photos of Solanum arenicola. A Habit B Buds and flowers, showing the dense indumentum of glandular-tipped, multi-cellular hairs throughout C Maturing fruits, showing reflexed pedicels in infrutescence D Leaf size and shape variation present within individuals as observed in the field (A–D Särkinen & Balarezo 4866). Scale bars = 1 mm. All photos by T. Särkinen.

Some species are born invaders, like bittersweet nightshade, a non-native vine with purple flowers and red berries. So what makes it such a successful space invader while other foreign plants never make it? It turns out the answer may be right underfoot. Ecologists Jean Burns and Angela Brandt have devised clever experiments to get to the root of the matter. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Cleveland, Ohio. Download a transcript of this podcast read moreDuration: 5:30Published: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:55:19 +0000

Species: Solanum americanum Mill. Date: 2010-12-30 Location: Aberfoyle, EH Tea Estates, Honde Valley Habitat: Margin of golfcourse and riverine forest.

Den Økologiske Have

Navn Sø, Jylland, Danmark

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Figure 6.Distribution map of Solanum arenicola in lowlands of central and southern Peru, and northern Bolivia.

Species: Solanum americanum Mill. Date: 2010-12-30 Location: Aberfoyle, EH Tea Estates, Honde Valley Habitat: Margin of golfcourse and riverine forest.

Den Økologiske Have

Navn Sø, Jylland, Danmark

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US

Figure 1.Illustration of Solanum alliariifolium. A Habit B Inflorescence with details of indumentum of simple, multi-cellular hairs along the stem, and short ciliate hairs along leaf margins C Flower just before anthesis, with and without corolla lobes removed D Flower at anthesis E Stamens F Gynoecium G Fruit (A–C, E–G Nee 40315, D Vargas 787). Illustration by Bobbi Angell.

Species: Solanum americanum Mill. Date: 2010-12-30 Location: Aberfoyle, EH Tea Estates, Honde Valley Habitat: Margin of golfcourse and riverine forest.

Kværkeby Mose, Midtsjælland, Denmark

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US

Figure 2.Distribution map of Solanum alliariifolium.

Species: Solanum anguivi Lam. Date: 0000-00-00 Location: Ndundu Lodge, Vumba Habitat:

Kværkeby Mose, Midtsjælland, Denmark

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US