Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum ellipticum R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
446
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
96
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
223
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
357
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3 :
499
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1928) , Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 26. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 52 :
227
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"which was collected by Robert Brown at Broad Sound, northern Queensland."
Text:
"The sheet at BM bears the Bennett number 2674 and . "12 Solanum ellipticum prodr 446 Broadsound Sept. 25 desc 27 = 1802 No. 98 Desc.. " of Brown. There is an isotypic fragment of this at MPU.. "
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1141
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
751, Fig. 1073
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory :
94-95, Fig. 45
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wild Tomato
[n/a]
common name:
Wild Gooseberry
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
257
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
592
[secondary reference]
common name:
Velvet Nightshade
[n/a]
common name:
Hillside Flannel Bush
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
common name:
Tomato Bush
[n/a]
common name:
Wild Gooseberry
[n/a]
common name:
Velvet Potato-bush
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
203
[secondary reference]
Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Solanum. Flora of Central Australia :
317, Fig. 419K
[secondary reference]
common name:
wild gooseberry
[n/a]
common name:
Potato bush
[n/a]
Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981) , A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4 :
188-191, Figs 76, 152T, 164A, Map 13
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. mollibaccalis J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. horridum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29 :
141-142, Fig. 30I, Map 133
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. mollibaccalis J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. horridum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
264
[secondary reference]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Weed
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
149
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
420-421
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. mollibaccalis J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. horridum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
common name:
Wild Gooseberry
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Weed
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
76
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
363, pl.16
[secondary reference]
common name:
Velvet Potato Bush
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
537
[secondary reference]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
Bean, A.R. & Henderson, R.J.F. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Solanaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
189
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
521
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate
common name:
Nightshade
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Weed
[n/a]
common name:
Potato Bush
[n/a]
Bean, A.R. (6 December 2004) , The taxonomy and ecology of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter (Solanaceae) in Queensland and far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Austrobaileya 6(4) :
738-740, Map 18
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. var. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. f. ellipticum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum cleistogamum Symon
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum sp. (Newcastle Range D.E.Symon 4907)
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. var. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. f. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. mollibaccalis J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum cleistogamum Symon
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum sp. (Newcastle Range D.E.Symon 4907)
[n/a]
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Solanum petrophilum var. pedicellatum Ewart & O.B.Davies
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate
by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981) , A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4 : 191-193, Figs 77, 152Q, 164B, Map 9
Solanum cleistogamum is recognised as a distinct taxon in the NT.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011) , New and reinstated species of the Solanum ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae) species group. Austrobaileya 8(3) :
421-422, Fig. 1
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. var. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. f. ellipticum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011) , New and reinstated species of the Solanum ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae) species group. Austrobaileya 8(3) :
424
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Solanum lithophilum F.Muell.
legitimate
by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981) , A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4 : 188-191, Figs 76, 152T, 164A, Map 13
Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011) , New and reinstated species of the Solanum ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae) species group. Austrobaileya 8(3) :
416
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Solanum callosum A.R.Bean
legitimate
by Bean, A.R. (6 December 2004) , The taxonomy and ecology of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter (Solanaceae) in Queensland and far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Austrobaileya 6(4) : 738-740, Map 18
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23 :
521
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. var. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. f. ellipticum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. chillagoense Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflorum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum f. albiflora E.M.Ross
orth. var.
misapplication:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate
by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981) , A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4 : 191-193, Figs 77, 152Q, 164B, Map 9
APC Comment:
Circumscription of this taxon in SA includes Solanum aridicola and S. lithophilum .
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW
Bean, A.R. (3 December 2014) , Four new Queensland species of Solanum L. allied to S. ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae). Austrobaileya 9(2) :
226, Map 2
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015 :
28
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. var. ellipticum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Solanum ellipticum R.Br. f. ellipticum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum biflorum R.Br.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum ellipticum var. typicum Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Solanum dianthophorum Dunal
legitimate