Mueller, F.J.H. von (1853), Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in Nova Hollandia australi praecipue in regionibus interioribus. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25: 433 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In collium rupibus et glarea fluviorum exarescentium prope Cudnaka."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 96 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 223 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 499, Fig. 208 B [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 750-751, Figs 1065, H, 1072 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 257 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 593 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Nightshade [n/a] common name: Rock Nightshade [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 204 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Solanum eremophilum F.Muell. legitimate

Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 318, Fig. 420C [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 214-218, Figs 90, 91, 154C-D, 164L, Map 5 [secondary reference]

• Type: "At MEL are two sheets bearing the labels MEL 12106 'Solanum petrophilum Ferd. Mueller Auf felsigen bergen bei Cudnaka Oct '51'. and MEL 12107 with two labels 'Solanum petrophilum Ferd. Mueller Lake Torrens' and 'Solanum petrophilum Ferd. Mueller. Foliis pinnatis suffrutex diffusuis. Corolla 1-1½ diametro. In rupibus & rivis exsiccatis prope Cudnaka stylis ... Oct. '51 Dr. M'. All the material is consistent with a single collection and the second sheet MEL 12107 which is the better specimen should perhaps be nominated holotype."

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 149-150, Figs 31D, 40, Map 145 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 149 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 1269 [secondary reference]

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]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 364 [secondary reference]

common name: Rock Nightshade [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 538 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 124 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Solanum petrophilum F.Muell. var. petrophilum legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW

Short, P.S., Albrecht, D.E., Cowie, I.D., Lewis, D.L. & Stuckey, B.M. (ed.) (May 2011), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 71 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (12 May 2016), The Solanum petrophilum complex (Solanaceae) revised, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 35-36, Figs 1B, 13, 14 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "South Australia: Near Cudnaka [Kanyaka], October 1851, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto: MEL 12107, here designated; isolecto: MEL12106)."

Bean, A.R. (12 May 2016), The Solanum petrophilum complex (Solanaceae) revised, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 32 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 214-218, Figs 90, 91, 154C-D, 164L, Map 5

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 318, Fig. 420C

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 149-150, Figs 31D, 40, Map 145

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 1269

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 124

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum pallidifolium A.R.Bean legitimate by Short, P.S., Albrecht, D.E., Cowie, I.D., Lewis, D.L. & Stuckey, B.M. (ed.) (May 2011), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 71

Bean, A.R. (12 May 2016), The Solanum petrophilum complex (Solanaceae) revised, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 30 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 214-218, Figs 90, 91, 154C-D, 164L, Map 5

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 318, Fig. 420C

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 149-150, Figs 31D, 40, Map 145

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 1269

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 124

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum osteocarpum A.R.Bean legitimate by Short, P.S., Albrecht, D.E., Cowie, I.D., Lewis, D.L. & Stuckey, B.M. (ed.) (May 2011), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 71

Bean, A.R. (12 May 2016), The Solanum petrophilum complex (Solanaceae) revised, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 28 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 214-218, Figs 90, 91, 154C-D, 164L, Map 5

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 318, Fig. 420C

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 149-150, Figs 31D, 40, Map 145

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 1269

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 124

Bean, A.R. (12 May 2016), The Solanum petrophilum complex (Solanaceae) revised, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 25 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Solanum eardleyae Symon legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Solanum. Flora of Central Australia: 318, Fig. 420C

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