Ehrhart, J.F. (1780), Hannoverisches Magazin worin kleine Abhandlungen 14: 218 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Solanum nigrum var. villosum L. legitimate

Chater, A.O. & Brummitt, R.K. (1966), Subspecies in the works of Friedrich Ehrhart. Taxon 15(3): 103 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Solanum nigrum var. villosum L. legitimate

Henderson, R.J.F. (1974), Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) and Related Species in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 16: 54 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum villosum Mill. legitimate

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: 176 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Solanum villosum Mill. legitimate

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