Solanum crispum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum

At a glance

Occurrence records1 465

Data sources12

Biological traits24

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections2

Sources12 archives

Databases and archives Solanum crispum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 465 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS47 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 465 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · TreeOfSex4.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Solanum crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Chile and Peru. Common names include Chilean potato vine, Chilean nightshade, Chilean potato tree and potato vine. Growing to 6 m tall, it is a semi-evergreen, woody-stemmed climbing plant. The small blue fragrant flowers, 2.5 cm in diameter, with prominent yellow ovaries, appear in clusters in summer. They resemble those of the closely related potato. Very small poisonous berries are produced in autumn. The berries start out green, then yellow-orange, and finally purple. The leaves are oval. The specific epithet crispum means "closely curled".

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology10

Fruit length10 mm

Fruit width10 mm

Leaf length max90 mm

Leaf width29 mm

Leaf width max29 mm

Leaf width min29 mm

Plant height max3.5 m

Seed mass2.92 mg

Seed mass max3.02 mg

Seed mass min2.81 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formscrambling shrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberobligatory

Elevation max2 500 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: Vine

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition47 compounds

Compounds documented for Solanum crispum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Colensane and Clerodane diterpenoids8

Fatty alcohols $ Fatty aldehydes3

Miscellaneous meroterpenoids3

Oxygenated hydrocarbons3

Unsaturated fatty acids2

Documented compounds47 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(14S)-16,17-dimethoxy-5,7-dioxa-13-azapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,8.015,20]henicosa-1(21),2,4(8),9,15(20),16,18-heptaen-14-ol	present	NPASS
(1R,2R,4R,10S,11R,12S,14S)-4-(furan-3-yl)-11-hydroxy-11-(1-methoxyethenyl)-2,10-dimethyl-5,13-dioxatetracyclo[8.5.0.02,7.012,14]pentadec-7-en-6-one	present	NPASS
(1R,2R,4R,7R,10S,11R,12S,14S)-4-(furan-3-yl)-11-hydroxy-11-(1-methoxyethenyl)-2,10-dimethyl-5,13-dioxatetracyclo[8.5.0.02,7.012,14]pentadecan-6-one	present	NPASS
(1R,2S,3R,5R,10R,11S,12R,13R,15R)-5-(furan-3-yl)-10,12-dihydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14,16-trioxapentacyclo[10.3.2.02,11.03,8.013,15]heptadec-8-ene-7,17-dione	present	NPASS
(1R,2S,3R,5R,11S,12R,13R,15R)-5-(furan-3-yl)-12-hydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14,16-trioxapentacyclo[10.3.2.02,11.03,8.013,15]heptadec-8-ene-7,17-dione	present	NPASS
(1R,2S,3S,5R,8S,10S,11S,12R)-5-(furan-3-yl)-10,12-dihydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14-dioxatetracyclo[10.2.2.02,11.03,8]hexadec-15-ene-7,13-dione	present	NPASS
(1R,2S,5R,8R,10R,11R,13R,16S)-8-(furan-3-yl)-1,16-dihydroxy-2,10-dimethyl-15-methylidene-7,14-dioxatetracyclo[11.2.1.02,11.05,10]hexadecan-6-one	present	NPASS
(1S,2R,3R,5R,8S,10S,11R,12S)-5-(furan-3-yl)-10,12-dihydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14-dioxatetracyclo[10.2.2.02,11.03,8]hexadec-15-ene-7,13-dione	present	NPASS
(1S,2R,3S,5R,8S,10S,11R,12S,13R,15R)-5-(furan-3-yl)-10,12-dihydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14,16-trioxapentacyclo[10.3.2.02,11.03,8.013,15]heptadecane-7,17-dione	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,3S,5R,10S,11S,12S,13S,15S)-5-(furan-3-yl)-10,12-dihydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-6,14,16-trioxapentacyclo[10.3.2.02,11.03,8.013,15]heptadec-8-ene-7,17-dione	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Solanum crispum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · TreeOfSex

The complete instruction manual Solanum crispum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size4 283 640 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Solanum crispum4.28 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records24–242n range24median24mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 242×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Cave1963

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — J0rgensen 1928

CCDB · Cave1963 — Tschischow 1956

n 124×CCDB · solan · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Cave1956supp +1

CCDB · solan

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Barlow in Randell & Symon 1976

CCDB · Cave1956supp — Gottschalk 1954a

TreeOfSex · plant — arroyo1993 ↗

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 465 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 234

Museum / vouchered177

Cultivated / captive7

Other47

Origin

Native45

Introduced2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 844 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 612≤1 km 221≤10 km 62>10 km 12

907 georeferenced · 327 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 234

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy32% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 6≤10 km 7>10 km 8

22 georeferenced · 155 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence177

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living7

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions19 of 28 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	29
Edinburgh, GB	27
Valparaiso, CL	21
Christchurch, NZ	17
Saint Louis, US	9
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	8
San Isidro, AR	6
UChlocation not on record	6
Claremont, US	6
Bronx, US	5
Dublin, IE	5
Chicago, US	5
Kew, GB	5
Valparaíso, CL	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
Auckland, NZ	2
Wlocation not on record	2
Castelar, AR	2
Berlin, DE	2
Santiago, CL	2
Wellington, NZ	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record	1
BAlocation not on record	1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1
Córdoba, AR	1
Viña del Mar, CL	1
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record	1

28 institutions · 172 of 177 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Solanum crispum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.0 °C 15.0–15.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.7 °C

Max temp (day)18.6 °C

Min temp (night)10.6 °C

Precipitation52.7 mm/mo

Air humidity60.6 %

Moisture balance-60.8 mm/mo

Vapour deficit671 Pa

Wind speed4.00 m/s

Cloud cover43.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Solanum crispum

At a glance

Sources12 archives

Size & morphology10

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry1

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds47 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 465 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions19 of 28 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 465 records