Solanum nitidum

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. Dulcamara
Species: Solanum nitidum

Name

Solanum nitidum Ruíz & Pav. (1799:33)

• Use of S. nitidum over S. calygnaphalum is based on first revision by Macbride (1962:209).
• Lectotype: H. Ruiz & J. Pavón s.n. (MA-747147, MA)
  • Isolectotypes: MA (MA-747146, F neg. 29726), F (F-844722, frag.), G, P (P00366843, P00366844)
  • Designated by Knapp (1989:78), second-step designation by Knapp (2008:320).
• Type location: Peru. Junín: Tarma province, May/June.

Synonyms

(After Knapp, 2013, with bibliographical corrections; Dashed numbers are accession numbers, nondashed numbers are barcode numbers.)

• Solanum calygnaphalum Ruíz & Pav. (1799:31)
• Solanum gnaphaloides Pers. (1805:223), nom. nov. superfl.
  • Neotype: H. Ruiz & J. Pavón s.n. (MA-747146, MA).
    • Designated by Knapp (2008:312).
  • Type location: Peru. Junín and Huánuco: Tarma and Acomayo provinces.
• Witheringia angustifolia Dunal (1816:2)
• Solanum cotopaxense Dunal (1852:139), nom. nov. non S. angustifolium
  Mill. (1768)
  • Holotype: A. Humboldt & A. Bonpland 3069 (P00136351, P-Bonpl.; Morton neg. 8171)
  • Type location: Ecuador. Cotopaxi: Mt. Cotopaxi.
• Solanum heteranthera Willd. (1819:663)
  • Holotype: A. Humboldt & A. Bonpland s.n. (B-W-4347, B-W; F neg. 2893, IDC microfiche 271-315.298:III.5)
  • Type location: Ecuador. Cotopaxi: Cotopaxi, Jul 1802.
    • According to Knapp (2013), this and the type of Witheringia angustifolia are quite likely to be duplicates of the same collection.
• Solanum nitidum var. angustifolium Dunal (1852:93)
  • Holotype: A. D'Orbigny 1536 (P00366857, P)
  • Isotype: G (G00343475, Morton neg. 8618)
  • Type location: "Bolivia".
• Solanum rhamnoides Dunal (1852:100)
  • Holotype: A. D'Orbigny 293 (P00507312, P)
  • Type location: Bolivia. "Palea" [Palca?].
• Solanum theresiae Zahlbr. (in Therese, 1902:83)
  • Holotype: Prinzessin Therese von Bayern s.n. (M0166048, M; F neg. 6547)
  • Type location: Bolivia. La Paz: La Paz, Oct 1898.

References

• Dunal, M.F. 1816. Solanorum Generumque Affinium Synopsis. 51 pp., Renaud, Montpellier. ARK: 12148/bpt6k97706h . Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Knapp, S. (1989) "A revision of the Solanum nitidum species group (section Holophylla pro parte: Solanaceae)". Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Bot.) 19:63–112.
• Knapp, S. 2008. Lectotypification of Ruiz and Pavón's names in Solanum (Solanaceae). Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 65(2) :307–329. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2008.v65.i2.295 . Reference page. 
• Knapp, S. (2013). "A revision of the Dulcamaroid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae)". PhytoKeys 22:14–28. DOI: phytokeys.22.4041.
• Macbride, J.F. 1962. Solanaceae. In Flora of Peru: Solanaceae. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(5B/1): 3–267. BHL Reference page. 
• Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 4. VI + LX + 888 pp. Sumtibus J.G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 
• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1799. Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis, sive Descriptiones, et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis. Tomus II. II+76 pp., tt. 107–222. Typis Gabrielis de Sancha, Madrid. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Therese, Prinzessin von Bayern. (1902) "Auf einer Reise in Westindien und Sudamerika gesammelte Pflanzen." Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 13:1–90.

Vernacular names

(Knapp, 2013)

español: tacachilla, ñuñumaya, cahuincho
Runa Simi: ñuñumaya

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