Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 September 1814), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 3(2): 750 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette Plante croît au Pérou."

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 504 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. (1974), Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) and Related Species in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 16: 58-60 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 43-44, Figs 3, 148E, 159E [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 98, Map 72 [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]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 48 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 348-349, Fig. 67c [secondary reference]

misapplication: Solanum douglasii Dunal legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551-552 common name: Broad Nightshade [n/a]

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

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

• APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 78 [secondary reference]

Särkinen, T., Poczai, P., Barboza, G.E., van der Weerden, G.M., Baden, M. & Knapp, S. (2018), A revision of the Old World Black Nightshades (Morelloid clade of Solanum L., Solanaceae). Phytokeys 106: 73-79, Figs 13, 14, 15 (map) [secondary reference]

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