Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 243, pl. XXI. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lat 19 deg., long. 132 deg., G.F. Hill (435) 4/7/1911."

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 193 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum cleistogamum Symon legitimate

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 142 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum cleistogamum Symon legitimate

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Solanum ellipticum R.Br. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011), New and reinstated species of the Solanum ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae) species group. Austrobaileya 8(3): 419 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum cleistogamum Symon legitimate

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 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum lobatum A.R.Bean legitimate by Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011), New and reinstated species of the Solanum ellipticum R.Br. (Solanaceae) species group. Austrobaileya 8(3): 419

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