Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Solanum ultraspinosum
Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum ultraspinosum A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (8 December 2016), Two new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. Austrobaileya 9(4): 526, 528-529, Figs 3, 4, Map 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Northern Territory. About 17 km SE of Jabiru, Kakadu National Park, 29 March 1981, L.A. Craven 6598 (holo: CANB [2 sheets]; iso: DNA)."
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "From the Latin ultra – beyond, and spinosa – thorny or prickly. This epithet is given in reference to the extremely prickly fruiting calyx, which bears between 2300 and 2700 prickles."