Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum piceum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum piceum 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: 149, 151-153, Figs 1A, 11 (map), 13 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Hamersley Station, 2 miles [3 km] east of 150 mile camp on the Mt Tom Price iron ore railway, Western Australia, 28 January 1976, M.E. Trudgen 1615 (holo: BRI AQ875923; iso: CANB, distribuendi, PERTH 06093388).
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin piceus meaning 'pitch-black' or 'of pitch'. This is in reference to the black mature fruits."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 50 [secondary reference]