Solanaceae

Dunalia spinosa (Meyen) Dammer

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Dunalia

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Dunalia spinosa: A thorny shrub from near the town of Chachas in southern Peru. In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/spuds/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

Quechua: T'anqar

Synonyms

Atropa spinosa Meyen
Dierbachia lyciodes Kuntze
Dierbachia ramiflora (Miers) Kuntze
Dunalia angustifolia Dammer
Dunalia besseri Dammer
Dunalia lycioides Miers
Dunalia ramiflora Miers
Grabowskia meyeniana (Nees) Walp.
Lycioplesium meyenianum (Nees) Miers
Lycium meyenianum Nees

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.