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D.Don, Solanaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Threat only at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
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English: largeflower brunfelsia |
Habit: tree
Description: "Small glabrous tree, the leaves apically crowded or scattered on the flowering branchlets; petioles stout, 5-10 mm long; leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, slightly narrowed to acute base, shortly and subacutely cuspidate, 1.5-2 dm long, 5-8 cm wide, the 5-7 slender lateral nerves and laxly reticulate veins somewhat conspicuous only beneath; bracts caducous; pedicels 1 cm long; calyx 1.5-2 cm long, the ovate teeth obtuse or mucronulate; corolla tube 3.5-4 cm long, the limb 3-5 cm across, the lobes subrotund" (Macbride, 1962).
Habitat/ecology: (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)
Propagation: Seed?
Native range: Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (GRIN)
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Santa Cruz Group |
Santa Cruz Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Charles Darwin Research Station (2005) |
| Pacific Rim | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Colombia
Colombia |
Colombia (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2008) |
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Ecuador (Mainland)
Ecuador |
Ecuador (Republic of) (continental) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2008) |
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Perú
Perú |
Perú (Republic of) |
native
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Macbride, J. Francis (1936) (p. 153) |
Comments: Reported as possibly an invasive plant in the Galápagos Islands per Charles Darwin Research Station.
Additional information:
Additional online information about Brunfelsia grandiflora is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Information about Brunfelsia grandiflora as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Taxonomic information about Brunfelsia grandiflora may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
References:
Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.
Macbride, J. Francis. 1936. Flora of Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series, Vol. XIII. 1936-1971, 6 parts.
U. S. Government. 2006. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2008. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.