Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum prolatum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum prolatum 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): 225-226, Fig. 4F-I, Map 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland. Burke District: c. 4 km N of Solway Downs homestead, c. 90 km directly NW of Richmond, 14 November 1999, D.C. Johnson & G.P. Turpin s.n. (holo: BRI [AQ745940])."
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "From the Latin prolatus, meaning extended or elongated. This is in reference to the central ray of the stellate hairs, which is longer in this species than in any other of 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]