Solanum polygamum

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. Leptostemonum
Species: Solanum polygamum

Name

Solanum polygamum Vahl (1794:39)

• Holotype: H. West s.n. (C)
• Type location: U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix.

Synonyms

(After Knapp, 2009)

Heterotypic

• Solanum inclusum var. albiflorum Eggers (1879:77)
  • Eggers did not cite any specimen or even a type locality. Knapp (2009:79) chose "to continue to search for fruiting material annotated by Eggers S. polygamum" rather than neotypifying the name.
• Solanum polygamum var. thomae Kuntze (1891:455)
  • Lectotype: O. Kuntze 36 (NY0074477, NY)
  • Isolectotype: K (K000196236)
    • Designated by Knapp (2009:78).
  • Type location: U.S. Virgin Islands, "Saint Thomas".

References

• Eggers, H.F.A. (1879). "The Flora of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands." Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 13:1–133. hdl: 10088/30457. BHL.
• Knapp, S. (2009). "Synopsis and lectotypification of Solanum (Solanaceae) species endemic in the West Indies". Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 66(1):65–84. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2209.
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Vahl, M. 1794. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 3. 106 pp., tt. 51–75. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 

External links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Solanum polygamum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.