Solanum ptychanthum Dunal

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 54 (1852)
This name is a synonym of Solanum americanum

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Solanum americanum.]
  • Särkinen, T. & al. (2018). A revision of the Old World black nightshades (Morelloid clade of Solanum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 106: 1-223. [Cited as Solanum americanum.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher. [Cited as Solanum ptychanthum.]
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/. [Cited as Solanum ptychanthum.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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