Solanum retroflexum

Solanum retroflexum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Solanoideae
Tribus: Solaneae
Genus: Solanum
Subgenus: S. subg. Solanum
Sectio: S. sect. Solanum
Species: Solanum retroflexum

Name

Solanum retroflexum Dunal (1852:50)

• Lectotype: J.F. Drège 7864b (G00144331, G-DC)
• Isolectotype: K (K000414172), S (acc. # S-G-5707)
  • Designated by Särkinen et al. (2018)
• Type locality: Africa. Eastern Cape: Graaff Reinet ("Graafeynet"), 3000–4000 ft, 1838

Synonyms

(After Särkinen et al., 2018)

Homotypic

• Solanum retroflexum var. angustifolium Dunal (1852:50)
  • Dunal did not annotate material for the typical variety other than a Saudi Arabia specimen (P.E. Botta s.n., P00055172) that represent S. villosum
    and was excluded when making the designation by Särkinen et al. (2018). The result is homotypy between these two names.

Heterotypic

• Solanum retroflexum var. latifolium Dunal (1852:50)
  • Lectotype: J.F. Drège 7864a (G00144331, G-DC)
  • Isolectotype: BM (BM000943868), K (K000414175), P (P00341909)
    • Designated by Särkinen et al. (2018)
  • Type locality: South Africa. Western Cape: Paarlberg, 1000-2000 ft, 1838
• Solanum burbankii Bitter (1913:83, "Burbanki")
  • Neotype: s.c. s.n. [Waldstein] (MO-3002957, acc. # 6651350, MO)
    • Designated by Särkinen et al. (2018)
  • Type locality: Cultivated in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) in the garden of Mr. Waldstein, seeds from Childs, 1 Sep 1909
• Solanum nigrum var. probstii Polg. (in Probst, 1928:71)
  • Lectotype: R. Probst s.n. (acc. # 485285, BP)
    • Designated by Särkinen et al. (2018)
  • Type locality: Switzerland. Solothurn: Degend. K.K. [= Wollkompost der Kammgarnfabrik Derendingen], 24 Aug 1926
• Solanum burbankii var. glabrescens Polg. (in Probst, 1928:72)
  • Lectotype: R. Probst s.n. (acc. # 485327, BP)
    • Designated by Särkinen et al. (2018)
  • Type locality: Switzerland. Solothurn: Degend. K.K. [= Wollkompost der Kammgarnfabrik Derendingen], 20 Oct 1922

References

• Bitter, G. (1913b) Solana nova vel minus cognita X. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12:(4–8)45–90. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19130120402.
• Dunal, M.F. 1852. Solanaceae. In Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(1): 1–690. V. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Morton, C.V. 1976. A revision of the Argentine species of Solanum. Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Córdoba. 260 p. Reference page. 
• Probst, R. (1928) "Dritter Beitrag zur Adventivflora von Solothurn und Umgebung". Mitteil. Naturfor. Gesellsch. Solothurn 8:41–83.
• Särkinen, T., Poczai, P., Barboza, G.E., van der Weerden, G.M., Baden, M. & Knapp, S. 2018. A revision of the Old World Black Nightshades (Morelloid clade of Solanum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 106: 1–223. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.106.21991 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Wonderberry or Sunberry

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