Solanum insanum

Solanum insanum

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. Melongena
Species: Solanum insanum

Name

Solanum insanum L. (1767:47)

• Lectotype: LINN 248.9
  • Designater by Hepper and Jaeger (1985:389)
• Type locality: India. Gujarat: Surat.

Synonyms

(After Ranil et al., 2017)

Homotypic

• Solanum melanocarpum Dunal (1852:355), nom. superfl.
  • According to Knapp (Solanaceae Resource, 2014), the type designated by Dunal belongs to S. melongena
    , but his citing of S. insanum in synonymy automatically causes homotypy.
• S. melongena var. insanum (L.) Prain (1903:746, "insana")

Heterotypic

• Solanum undatum Lam. (1794:22)
• Solanum canescens Blume (1826:701)
• Solanum cumingii Dunal (1852:363)
• Solanum album var. gaudichaudii Dunal (1852:361), S. album = S. melongena
  .
• Solanum cyanocarphium var. obtusangulum Dunal (1852:362)
• Solanum indicum var. pubescens Dunal (1852:310)
• Solanum schoenbrunnense Dunal (1852:365)
• Solanum trongum var. tongdongense Dunal (1852:361), S. trongum = S. melongena
  .
• Solanum undatum var. aurantiacum Dunal (1852:359)
• Solanum undatum var. violaceum Dunal (1852:359)

References

• Blume, C.L. (1826) ["1825"] Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 13de Stuk. pp. 637–730. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia.
• 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. 
• Hepper, F. & P.M.L. Jaeger. (1985). The Typification of Six Linnaean Names in Solanum. Kew Bull. 40(2)387–391. DOI: 10.2307/4108264.
• Lamarck, J.-B. 1794–1819 ["1793"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Tome second. 551 pp., tt. 112–445. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 + index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page. 
• Prain D. (1903) Bengal plants. 2 vols. Calcutta.
• Ranil, RHG; Prohens, J; Aubriot, X; Niran, HML; Plazas, M; Fonseka, RM; Vilanova, S; Fonseka, HH; Gramazio, P & Knapp, S (2017) Solanum insanum L. (subgenus Leptostemonum Bitter, Solanaceae), the neglected wild progenitor of eggplant (S. melongena L.): a review of taxonomy, characteristics and uses aimed at its enhancement for improved eggplant breeding. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 64(7):1707–1722 . DOI: 10.1007/s10722-016-0467-z.

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