Solanum virginianum L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 862

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).