Solanum virginianum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 187. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1487.

Lectotype (Hepper & Jaeger in Kew Bull. 41: 434. 1986): [icon] " Solanum American, laciniatum spinosissimum" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 360, t. 267, f. 346. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Sherard No. 456 (OXF) .

Current name: Solanum virginianum L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: See discussion by Knapp & Jarvis (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 363, f. 27, 28. 1990).