Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1887), Botanical Magazine 113: t. 6914 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Living plants of this beautiful Solanum were sent to the Royal Gardens in 1882 by Dr. Wendland, Director of the Royal Gardens at Herrenhausen, Hanover, with the information that it is a native of the cold regions of Costa Rica, where it climbs trees."

Symon, D.E. (1967), Alien Solanums in Australia. Australian Weeds Research Newsletter 10: 27 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (14 August 1981), A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 4: 69-71, Figs 16, 159R [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 70, 74, 75 [secondary reference]

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