Biology:Solanum bahamense

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Bahama nightshade
Solanum bahamense.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. bahamense
Binomial name
Solanum bahamense
Synonyms

Solanum bahamense, commonly known as the Bahama nightshade,[1] is a plant in the nightshade family. It is native across the West Indies, from the Florida Keys east to Dominica (excluding Hispaniola).[2] It is a common species in coastal habitats, often on calcareous soils.[2]

Taxonomy

Originally described by Carl Linnaeus, it has a convoluted taxonomic history. S. bahamense is known by many junior synonyms and involved in several cases of homonymy.[3]

Some additional varieties of S. bahamense have been described, but they are not considered taxonomically distinct today:[3]

  • Solanum bahamense var. inerme Dunal
  • Solanum bahamense var. lanceolatum Griseb. (Not to be confused with S. lanceolatum.)
  • Solanum bahamense var. luxurians D'Arcy
  • Solanum bahamense var. rugelii D'Arcy
  • Solanum bahamense var. subarmatum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz

References

  1. "Solanum bahamense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOBA. Retrieved 17 November 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Strickland-Constable, Rose; Schneider, Harold; Ansell, Stephen; Russell, Stephen; Knapp, Sandra (2010). "Species identify in the Solanum bahamense species group (Solanaceae, Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum)". Taxon 59 (1): 209–226. doi:10.1002/tax.591020. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Solanaceae Source (2008). "Solanum bahamense". http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=1234. Retrieved September 26, 2008. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7555739 entry