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Schwenckia curviflora

Schwenckia curviflora
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues, CC BY 4.0
Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil to SE. Uruguay
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Schwenckia curviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to southeastern and southern Brazil as well as southeastern Uruguay. It is a perennial plant that grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes. The species belongs to the genus Schwenckia, a group of herbaceous plants and subshrubs mainly distributed in tropical regions of the Americas. It was described by Geroge Bentham in 1846 in Flora Brasiliensis.

Other Schwenckia plants

Schwenckia alvaroana · Schwenckia americana · Schwenckia angustifolia · Schwenckia aurantiaca · Schwenckia breviseta · Schwenckia elegans · Schwenckia filiformis · Schwenckia glabrata · Schwenckia grandiflora · Schwenckia heterantha · Schwenckia huberi · Schwenckia hyssopifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia curviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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