Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Lectotype:"At BM is a sheet bearing the Bennett number 2681 and the label "19 Solanum echinatum prodr. 447, Carpentaria Island h No.17 desc lect. Decr. 16: 1802 desc do 17" Island h is North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group. There is isotype material of this collection at E, K, MEL, MPU."
Type:Northern Territory: North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group, 16 December 1802, R. Brown s.n. [Bennett number 2681] (holotype BM [BM000596886]; isotype MEL [MEL 121416]).
misapplied to:
SolanumrhaphiotesA.R.Beanlegitimate
by Symon, D.E.(14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia.Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens4: 197-199, Figs 80, 153A-B, 164G, Map 4