Solanum scandens Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mex., ed. 2, 53. 1894

Madrid, Anales del Jardín Botánico de, 2009 & Knapp, Sandra, 2009, Synopsis and lectotypification of Solanum (Solanaceae) species endemic in the West Indies, Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 66 (1), pp. 65-84 : 71

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scientific name	Solanum scandens Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mex., ed. 2, 53. 1894
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Treatment

Type: Cuba. Sessé & Mociño s.n. (lectotype, MA [MA-604676, F neg. 48318], designated by Knapp, 2008a: 20; isolectotype MA [MA-604675, F neg. 48343, 5381, upper frag. in photo, sheet now divided]).

Distribution. Endemic to Cuba, where it is found in forests and forest edges at low to middle elevations.

Representative specimen. Cuba, Pinar del Río, Ekman 17544 (S).

Solanum boldoense has occasionally been confused with the Mexican and Central American species S. dulcamaroides Dunal , to which it is probably closely related.

References

Knapp, S. 2008 a. Typification of Solanum (Solanaceae) species described by Sesse and Mocino. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 65: 7 - 23.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae
Genus	Solanum

Specimens