Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 445 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Dunal, M.F. (1813), Histoire Naturelle, Medicale et Economique des Solanum: 201 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

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

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 552 [secondary reference]

common name: Violet Nightshade [n/a]

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: 291 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 249 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "The collection at BM bears the Bennett number 2671 and "9 Solanum violaceum Nob. Banks of the Patersons River prodr 445 Octr. 1804," and is here proposed as lectotype; there is an isotype of this at K."

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 158 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 359 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

Bean, A.R. (5 January 2002), A revision of Solanum brownii Dunal (Solanaceae) and its allies. Telopea 9(3): 649 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

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

misapplied to: Solanum silvestre A.R.Bean legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 552

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Solanum brownii Dunal legitimate

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