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Solanum nigrum L.

Black nightshade

source: Roel Hoekstra, CGN 2010
source: Roel Hoekstra, CGN 2010

Nomenclature

GrinTax Solanum nigrum L.
The Plant list Solanum americanum Mill.
English name Black nightshade



Crop relationship
Potato tertiary genepool
Eggplant same genus
Tomato same genus



FLORON data (2014)
Indigeneity naturalized before 1500
Trend since 1950 stable or increasing
Presence common
Status least concern
Legal protection unlisted

© NDFF, 2015
© NDFF, 2015

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

  • red: locations of presence from year 2000 onwards
  • blue: previous localities where the species has not been observed anymore after 1999.
  • source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl

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lower map:

Verspreidingsgebied
Europe temperate zones
Asia temperate zones and tropical regions
Africa idem
North-America temperate zones
South-America temperate zones and tropical regions
Australia temperate zones
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

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Optimistisch scenario

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Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.46fvgr
Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.46fvgr

Pessimistic scenario

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Additional information