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Schwenckia heterantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, commonly known as the nightshade family. It is native to Venezuela and parts of Brazil, where it grows primarily in wet tropical biomes. The species was first described by the Brazilian botanist Lucia d'Avila Freire de Carvalho and published in Loefgrenia 33: 1 in 1969.
Unlike its sister species, which typically occur in dry tropical biomes or seasonally dry habitats, Schwenckia heterantha is the only species in the group known to inhabit wet tropical environments.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia heterantha 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.
