Solanum fructu-tecto
2n=24 (Löve 1979)
Frequent in open and disturbed places, preferring but not restricted to volcanic soils, in Distrito Federal and adjacent Hidalgo and Mexico states, Mexico. This plant has also been collected since the 1600s in the area of Cuidad Durango, and a few collections have also been taken form the intervening Sierra Madre
Solanum fructo-tecto is a member of section Androceras series Androceras (sensu Whalen, 1979) of the Leptostemonum clade (Bohs, 2005).
Whalen, M.D. 1979. Taxonomy of Solanum section Androceras. Gentes Herb. 11: 359-426.
Löve, A. 1979. IOPB Chromosome Number Reports. 63. Taxon 28: 276 (Solanaceae contributed by M.D. Whalen).
Bohs, L. 2005. Major clades in Solanum based on ndhF sequences. Pp. 27-49 in R. C. Keating, V. C. Hollowell, & T. B. Croat (eds.), A festschrift for William G. D’Arcy: the legacy of a taxonomist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 104. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.