Solanum elaeagnifolium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Solanoideae
Tribus: Solaneae
Genus: Solanum
Subgenus: S. subg. Leptostemonum
Sectio: S. sect. Leprophora
Species: Solanum elaeagnifolium

Name

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (1795: 22)

Lectotype: S.c. s.n. (MA-476348-2, MA)
Isolectotype: MA (MA-476348-1)
- Designated by Knapp (2007).
Type locality: Cultivated in Madrid from "America calidiore" ["del viaje de los españoles alrededor del mundo, Cult. en el R. J. Bot. 1793"]
Chromosome count: 2n=24,48,72 (Heiser & Whitaker, 1948:184; Chiarini, 2014)

Synonyms

(After Knapp et al., 2017)

Heterotypic

Solanum leprosum Ortega (1800: 115)
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. leprosum (Ortega) Dunal (1858:291
- Neotype: s.c. s.n. (MA-334600, MA)
- Isoneotypes?: MA (MA-334600/2, MA-334600/3)
  - Designated by Knapp (2013).
- Type locality: Cultivated in Real Jardin Botánico de Madrid, seeds sent by L. Née.
Solanum obtusifolium Dunal (1816:26)
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. obtusifolium (Dunal) Dunal (1858:291
- Holotype: A. Humboldt & A. Bonpland s.n. (P001136347, P-BPL)
- Type locality: Mexico. Hidalgo: "prope Regla et Totonilco [Atotonilco] el Grande, 1200 hex"
Solanum saponaceum Hook. (1826:pl. 2697), nom. illeg. non S. saponaceum
Dunal (1813)
- Lectotype: J. Gillies Solanum-2 (K000546062, K)
  - Designated by Vorontsova and Knapp (2016:150).
- Type locality: Argentina. Mendoza: near Río Saladillo, 16 Nov 1820.
Solanum flavidum Torr. (1828:227)
- Lectotype: E. James s.n. (NY00759814, NY)
  - Designated by Vorontsova and Knapp (2016:150).
- Type locality: United States of America. "from Mississippi River to Rocky Mtns.", summer 1820.
Solanum dealbatum Lindl. (1830:52)
- Lectotype: J. McRae s.n. (K000546063, K)
  - Designated by Vorontsova and Knapp (2016:151).
- Type locality: Chile. Cumbre "Andium Claustrum", 1826.
Solanum texense Engelm. & A.Gray (1845:227)
- Lectotype: F. Lindheimer [66] 135 [fasc. I 1843] (MO-3847597, MO)
- Isolectotypes: MO (MO-360819), BM (BM000514925), GH (GH00217439), LE (2 sheets)
  - Designated by Vorontsova and Knapp (2016:151).
- Type locality: United States of America. Texas: Brazos [River], Jun 1843.
Solanum roemerianum Scheele (1848:767)
- Type: No material cited, possible material (Knapp et al., 2017): F. Roemer s.n. (BM000942973, BM)
- Type locality: United States of America. Texas: Travis County, Austin, Apr.
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. grandiflorum Griseb. (1879:255)
- Holotype: P. Lorentz & G. Hieronymus 1243 (GOET003503, GOET)
- Isototypes: CORD (CORD00006119), GOET (GOET003504)
- Type locality: Argentina. Catamarca: Sin. loc., Nov 1872.
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. argyrocroton Griseb. (1879:255)
- Holotype: P. Lorentz & G. Hieronymus 533 (GOET003502, GOET)
- Isototypes: CORD (CORD00006120)
- Type locality: Argentina. Tucumán: between La Oiada and border of provincias Tucumán and Salta, Feb 1873.
Solanum elaeagnifolium f. albiflorum Cockerell (1893:410)
- Lectotype: T. Cockerell s.n. (NY00759810, NY)
  - Designated by Knapp et al. (2017), who list this name as a variety, although the note (and the text later in Knapp et al. themselves!) clearly uses the term "forma".
- Type locality: U.S.A. Texas: El Paso County, El Paso, 1893, T. Cockerell s.n.
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. angustifolium Kuntze (1898:225)
- Lectotype: O. Kuntze s.n. (NY00139141, NY)
  - Designated by Vorontsova and Knapp (2016:151).
- Type locality: Argentina. Santiago del Estero: San Rafael.
Solanum elaeagnifolium var. benkei Standl. (1932:176)
- Holotype: H. Benke 5209 (F-642429, F; F neg. 49341])
- Type locality: United States of America. Texas: Cameron County, Brownsville, near mouth of Rio Grande, 20 Mar 1930.

References

Primary

Cavanilles, A.I. 1795–1796. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. III. X + 50 pp,, tab. 201–300. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Cockerell, T.D.A. (1893) Solanum elaeagnifolium, forma albiflorum. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(10):410–411. JSTOR.
Engelmann, G. & Gray, A. (1845) Plantae Lindheimerianae: an enumeration of the plants collected in Texas and distributed to subscribers by F. Lindheimer with remarks and descriptions of new species.Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5(2):210–264.
Dunal, M.F. 1816. Solanorum Generumque Affinium Synopsis. 51 pp., Renaud, Montpellier. Gallica. Reference page.
Dunal, M.F. 1852. Solanaceae. In Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(1): 1–690. V. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Grisebach, A. (1879) Symbolae ad Floram Argentinam: Zweite Bearbeitung argentinischer Pfalnzen. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24:1–345.
Hooker, J.D. (1826) Solanum Saponaceum. Soap-Berried Solanum. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 53:2697.
Kuntze, O. 1898. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars III^II. VI+201+576 pp. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Lindley, J. (1830) Report upon the New or Rare Plants which flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswich, between March, 1825, and March, 1826, Part I: Tender Plants. Trans. Hortic. Soc. London 7:46–75.
Ortega, C.G. (1800) Novarum, aut Rariorum Plantarum Horti Reg. Botan. Matrit. Descriptionum Decades, Decade 9-10. Pp. 109-138. Madrid: Imprenta Real.
Scheele, A. (1848) Beiträge zur Flor von Texas. Linnaea 21:453–472,576–608,747–768.
Standley, P.C. (1932) Records of United States plants, chiefly from the Chicago region. Rhodora 34(405):174–177. JSTOR.
Torrey, J. (1828) Some account of a collection of plants made during a journey to and from the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1820, by Edwin P. James, M.D. Assistant Surgeon U.S. Army. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2:161–180,191–254

Secondary

Chiarini, F.E. 2014. Variation in rDNA loci of polyploid Solanum elaeagnifolium (Solanaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(3): 277–284. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2014.888087 Reference page.
Heiser, C.B. & Whitaker, T.W. (1948) Chromosome Number, Polyploidy, and Growth Habit in California Weeds. Am. J. Bot., 35(3):179–186. DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1948.tb05204.x. JSTOR.
Knapp, S. 2007. Lectotypification of Cavanilles' names in Solanum (Solanaceae). Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 64(2): 195–203. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i2.175 . Reference page.
Knapp, S. (2013) Typification of Solanum (Solanaceae) described by Casimiro Gómez Ortega. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 70(1):56–61. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2340.
Knapp, S., Sagona, E., Carbonell, A.K.Z. & Chiarini, F.E. 2017. A revision of the Solanum elaeagnifolium clade (Elaeagnifolium clade; subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 84: 1–104. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.84.12695 . Reference page.
Vorontsova, M.S. & Knapp, S. (2016) A revision of the "spiny solanums", Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum (Solanaceae) in Africa and Madagascar. Syst. Bot. Monogr., 99. 432 pp. Ann Arbor: American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-1-943751-00-6.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Silwerblaarbitterappel, Satansbos, Bloubos
català: Alberginiera borda
Deutsch: Ölweidenblättriger Nachtschatten
English: Silver-leaved Nightshade, Silverleaf Nightshade, silverleaf bitter apple
español: Capiquí, Meloncillo de Campo, Meloncillo de Olor, Quillo-Quillo, Revienta Caballo, Suriñado, Tomatillo, Tomatito de Buena Mujer, Trompillo, Tutiá Chico,
suomi: Kilsekoiso
français: Morelle jaune, Morelle à feuilles de chalef
עברית: סולנום זיתני
Diné bizaad: Nááʼ łitsooí
русский: паслён линейнолистный
svenska: Silverskatta

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