Taxon:  Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M. L. Jaeger



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
316356
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 41:435.  1986
Verified:
11/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum hermannii auct.
Solanum sodomeum auct.
Solanum sodomeum L. var. hermannii Dunal

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  3. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  7. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  9. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  10. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  11. Knapp, S. et al. 2013. Wild relatives of the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): new understanding of species names in a complex group. PLoS One 8(2):e57039[9].
  12. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
  13. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  16. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  17. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  18. Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.
  19. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Solanum sodomaeum
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English apple-of-Sodom as S. sodomaeum 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Solanum sodomaeum
English black-spine nightshade 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English poison-apple 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English Sodom-apple as S. sodomaeum 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Solanum sodomaeum
Swedish sodomsäpple 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFranceCorse 
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France [Corse], Portugal
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Solanum sodomeumBernhardSmith, A. 1923. Poisonous plants of all countries, 2nd ed. Note: poisonous
Weed  Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=316356. Accessed 20 May 2024.