Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(16): 166 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In nemoribus Araucariarum circum sinum Moreton Bay."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 450 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum discolor R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1132 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum discolor R.Br. legitimate

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 135-137, Figs 46, 151F, 162E, Map 12 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "At MEL is a specimen with the label "Dec. 1856 Araucaria Ranges the Burnett River, Bunya Bunya Ranges", which may be the type collection, here proposed as lectotype, isolectotypes at K and TCD."

taxonomic synonym: Solanum shirleyanum Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum discolor var. procumbens C.T.White legitimate

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 126, 128, Map 108 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Solanum shirleyanum Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum discolor var. procumbens C.T.White legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 262 [secondary reference]

common name: Straggling Nightshade [n/a] common name: Climbing Nightshade [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 427, Fig. 59A [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Solanum shirleyanum Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum discolor var. procumbens C.T.White legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 361 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. & Henderson, R.J.F. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Solanaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 189 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 520 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (6 December 2004), The taxonomy and ecology of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter (Solanaceae) in Queensland and far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Austrobaileya 6(4): 691-692, Map 7 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Solanum discolor R.Br. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 181

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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