Solanum capsicoides

Cockroach berry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. capsicoides
Binomial name
Solanum capsicoides
Synonyms

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Solanum capsicoides, the cockroach berry,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions, where it sometimes becomes an invasive weed.[2][3]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solanum capsicoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ PIER (2007)
  3. ^ Guézou, A; Pozo, P; Buddenhagen, C (Oct 2007), Cresswell, Will (ed.), "Preventing establishment: an inventory of introduced plants in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos", PLOS ONE, 2 (10): e1042, Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2.1042G, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001042, PMC 2002516, PMID 17940606 Open access icon