Dunal, M.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1852), Solanaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(1): 48 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "? In Novâ Californiâ (Douglas 1833, herb. soc. hort. Lond. in h. DC.) ... (v.s. in h. DC.)"

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551-552 [secondary reference]

common name: Douglas's Nightshade [n/a]

Henderson, R.J.F. (1974), Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) and Related Species in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 16: 58 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 42-43, Figs 148H, 159H [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 95 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. (5 October 1988), New combinations for Solanum americanum Miller (Solanaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. Austrobaileya 2(5): 555 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 349, 352, Fig. 67f APC [secondary reference]

common name: Douglas's Nightshade [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised)

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 348 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum furcatum Dunal ex Poir. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551-552

Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 118 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum furcatum Dunal ex Poir. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551-552

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