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

• Type: "Habitat in Africa."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 446 [secondary reference]

Dunal, M.F. (1813), Histoire Naturelle, Medicale et Economique des Solanum: 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum hermannii Dunal nom. illeg.

Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(12-13): 606 [secondary reference]

Dunal, M.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1852), Solanaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(1): 366 [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]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 458 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 535 [secondary reference]

Coste, H.J. (1901), Flore Descriptive et Illustree de la France 2(1): 5 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 765 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. in Britten, J. (1906), Plantae introductae vicinitatis Portus Jackson, in Introduced Plants at Sydney, 1802-4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44: 234 [secondary reference]

Thellung, A. (1908), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 5: 161 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum juvenale Thell. legitimate by Coste, H.J. (1901), Flore Descriptive et Illustree de la France 2(1): 5

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 357 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Apple [n/a]

Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 2 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 498, Fig. 209 [secondary reference]

common name: Apple of Sodom [n/a]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1139 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 750, Fig. 1071 [secondary reference]

common name: Apple of Sodom [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: 402 [secondary reference]

common name: Apple of Sodom [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 272 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Solanum sodomaeum F.Muell. orth. var.

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 554 [secondary reference]

common name: Apple of Sodom [n/a]

Heine, H. (1976), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 7: 144 [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: 290 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Ceylon, Hermann, 95 (BM! 3:30 lectotype, here designated)"

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 594 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Apple [n/a] common name: Poison Apple [n/a] common name: Apple of Sodom [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 93 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 264 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Solanum hermannii Dunal nom. illeg.

Hepper, F.N. & Jaeger, P.-M.L. (1986), Names changes for two old world Solanum species. Kew Bulletin 41(2): 434-435 [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: 537 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Solanum hermannii Dunal nom. illeg. common name: Apple of Sodom [n/a]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 13 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 93

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 149

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 290 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 301 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 765

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 2

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 360 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 554

Bean, A.R. (6 December 2004), The taxonomy and ecology of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter (Solanaceae) in Queensland and far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Austrobaileya 6(4): 802 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Solanum sodomaeum F.Muell. orth. var.

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

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 765

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 2

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 750, Fig. 1071

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 554

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger legitimate by Heine, H. (1976), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 7: 144

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