Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum pycnotrichum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum pycnotrichum A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (9 May 2013), A taxonomic review of the Solanum sturtianum subgroup of subgenus Leptostemonum (Solanceae). Nuytsia 23: 142, 144, Figs 2C, 4 (map), 6C, 9 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: south-southeast of Onslow, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 27 June 2011, S. Dillon & A. Markey CR 9004 (holo: BRI AQ875862; iso: PERTH 08338361).
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Greek pyknos meaning 'thick' or 'dense', and trichos meaning 'hair'. The leaves of this species have very dense and thick stellate hairs."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 50 [secondary reference]