Solanum selleanum Urb. & Ekman, Ark. Bot. 21(5): 60. 1927

Type: Haiti. Massif de la Selle, Morne de la Selle, Croix des Bouquets, above Badeau, 1600 m, 28 Jan 1925, E.L. Ekman H.3127 (lectotype, S [S04-2981] , designated here; isolectotypes, S [S-04-2982], US [US-1304052, barcode US00027793]).

Distribution. Only known from the island of Hispaniola, in valleys (Morne de la Selle, Haiti) at ca. 1600 m. The type and one other sheet from the Dominican Republic (Zanoni & al. 33773, not seen) are the only specimens of this species.

Representative specimen. Haiti, Ekman H.3127 (S). Two sheets of Ekman H.1327 are in S, both annotated by Ekman. Of these, S04-2981 (Fig. 5b) is more complete, with both flowers and fruit, and is here selected as the lectotype.