Willdenow, C.L. (1809), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis 1: 236 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europa australi."

Symon, D.E. (1967), Alien Solanums in Australia. Australian Weeds Research Newsletter 10: 25 [secondary reference]

Edmonds, J.M. (1979), Nomenclatural notes on some species of Solanum L. found in Europe. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 215 [secondary reference]

Edmonds, J.M. (1984), Solanum L. section Solanum - a name change in S. villosum Miller. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 166 [basionym]

basionym of: Solanum villosum subsp. miniatum (Bernh. ex Willd.) Edmonds legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum villosum Mill. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum villosum Mill. legitimate

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