Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum medicagineum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum medicagineum A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (2012), A taxonomic revision of the Solanum echinatum group (Solanaceae). Phytotaxa 57: 43-45, Fig. 3, Map 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory: Fisher Creek, Kakadu National Park, 19 April 1990, G.J. Leach 2779 & I.D. Cowie (holotype BRI!; isotype DNA!).
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "Derived from the genus name Medicago. There is a resemblance between the fruiting calyces of this species and the fruits of some species of Medicago."