Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 187 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India utraque."

• Comment: nom. rej. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) 290).

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlv. [secondary reference]

Hepper, F.N. (1978), Systematic notes on the Solanaceae: Typification and name changes of some Old World Solanum species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 288 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Ceylon, Hermann, 94 (BM, 2: 62 isolectotype; 3: 16 lectotype, here designated)."

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 313 [secondary reference]

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