Solanaceae Juss.
Solanum nigrum L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 186 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Orbis totius cultis."
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 443 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]
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]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Solanum rubrum Mill. legitimate
Tepper, J.G.O. (1880), On the characteristics and distribution of the native and naturalised plants about Ardrossan, Yorke's Peninsula. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 45 [secondary reference]
Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1881), Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 53 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 95 [secondary reference]
Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 137 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 221, 224 [secondary reference]
common name: Blackberry [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 354 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 134, 231 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 496-497, Fig. 208 A [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1126-1127 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 746, Fig. 1065, A [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 401 [secondary reference]
common name: Black-berry Nightshade [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 96, Fig. 48 [secondary reference]
common name: Tomato Bush [n/a] common name: Potato Bush [n/a] common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 504-505 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 320 [secondary reference]
common name: Blackberry Nightshade [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 257 BHL [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Henderson, R.J.F. (1974), Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) and Related Species in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 16: 19-28 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "LINN, not seen; IDC 177–5.138:III.4 (248.18)"
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 588 [secondary reference]
common name: Wild Currants [n/a] common name: Tomato Bush [n/a] common name: Potato Bush [n/a] common name: Nightshade [n/a] common name: Black Nightshade [n/a] common name: Black-berry Nightshade [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 203 [secondary reference]
Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 315-316, Fig. 419A [secondary reference]
common name: Black nightshade [n/a]
Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 46-49, Figs 5, 148A, 159A, Map 16 [secondary reference]
Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 99, Map 74 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Solanum schultesii Opiz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii (Opiz) Wessely legitimate misapplication: Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché legitimate by Cheel, E. (1917), Notes on the "Common Nightshade" (Solanum nigrum Linn.) and some closely related forms and species that have been confused with it. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 595
Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 98 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 95 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 149 [secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]
common name: Black-berry nightshade [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 414, Fig. 57C [secondary reference]
common name: Blackberry Nightshade [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 414 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 76 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Solanaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 535-536, Fig. 211 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Berry Nightshade [n/a]
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]
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 356 [secondary reference]
common name: Black-berry Nightshade [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Solanaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 732, Fig. 225C [secondary reference]
common name: Black berry Nightshade [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 299 [secondary reference]
common name: Nightshade [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 299 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Solanum americanum subsp. nutans (R.J.F.Hend.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 312 [secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 187-188 [secondary reference]
common name: Black berry Nightshade [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 88 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 349, Fig. 67e [secondary reference]
common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 348 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 551
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 538 [secondary reference]
Bean, A.R. & Henderson, R.J.F. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Solanaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 189 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 892 [secondary reference]
common name: Black Berry Nightshade [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 522 [secondary reference]
common name: Blackberry Nightshade [n/a] common name: Black Nightshade [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Solanum nigrum L. subsp. nigrum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum schultesii Opiz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii (Opiz) Wessely legitimate misapplication: Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché legitimate by Cheel, E. (1917), Notes on the "Common Nightshade" (Solanum nigrum Linn.) and some closely related forms and species that have been confused with it. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 595
  • APC Comment: Treated as Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrum in Qld
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum nodiflorum Jacq. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Solanum nodiflorum Jacq. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 166, 346-347, photos 13-15 [secondary reference]
common name: Blackberry Nightshade [n/a]
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: 92-105, Figs 22, 23, 24 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Solanum schultesii Opiz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii (Opiz) Wessely legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 446
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Solanum americanum Mill. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150