Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum capitaneum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum capitaneum A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (3 December 2014), Four new Queensland species of Solanum L. allied to S. ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae). Austrobaileya 9(2): 220-221, 223, Fig. 3F-J, Map 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland. Cook District: 3.6 km by road from Forsayth towards Georgetown, 3 February 2006, K.R. McDonald KRM4857 (holo: BRI; iso: BM)."
taxonomic synonym: Solanum sp. (Newcastle Range D.E.Symon 4907) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin capitaneus, head or chief, and refers to the larger size of stellate hairs in this species in comparison to most species in the S. ellipticum group."
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]