Taxon:
Physalis pubescens L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:183. 1753
Verified:
10/02/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Berdugo C., J. A. et al. 2015. Variabilidad genética de parentales y poblaciones F1 inter e intraespecíficas de Physalis peruviana L. y P. floridana Rydb. Revista Brasil. Frutic. 37:179-192. URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0100-2945&lng=en&nrm=iso Note: = Physalis floridana
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Common names
English
downy ground-cherry – ground-cherry – husk-tomato – low ground-cherry – strawberry-tomato – French
alkékenge doux – Italian
alchechengio pubescente – Portuguese
alquequenje-amarelo – Spanish
capulí – tomate fresadilla – tomate verde – Spanish (Peru)
muyaca – Swedish
dunlyktört –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Iowa, Kansas (e.), Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (e.)]
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REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Entre Ríos, Jujuy], Paraguay
Naturalized
(widely natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. |
Human food | fruit | | Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. |