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Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn., 1791

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Apple of Peru
  • 🇫🇷 Nicandre faux-coqueret, Poc-poc bleu, Gros poc-poc, Poc-poc fleur bleue, Pomme du Pérou

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Lamiids
  • Order: Solanales
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • Subfamily: Solanoideae
  • Tribe: Nicandreae
  • Genus: Nicandra
  • Species: Nicandra physalodes

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • N. physalodes var. physalodes (L.) Gaertn., 1791, I;
  • N. physalodes var. violacea (André ex H.Lemoine) P.D.Sell, 2009.

Photographs

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Nicandra physalodes
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Nicandra physalodes
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Nicandra physalodes
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Nicandra physalodes - Immature fruits and leaves

Sources

  • Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1059). Biotope.