Solanum capsicoides

The Solanum capsicoides described by C.F.P. von Martius is now Solanum hirtellum.
"Solanum ciliatum" and "Solanum pentapetaloides" redirect here. These can also refer to other Solanaceae; see below.
Cockroach Berry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. capsicoides
Binomial name
Solanum capsicoides
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Synonyms

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Solanum capsicoides (Cockroach Berry, known as polohauaiʻi in Polynesia) is a flowering plant in the Solanaceae family. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions, where it sometimes becomes an invasive weed.[1][2]

Synonyms

This species had been included in S. aculeatissimum as variety denudatum by Dunal (Solanum denudatum of Bitter is S. humile as described by Lamarck). It was also included in the eggplant (S. melongena) under its junior synonym S. trongum (as var. sinuato-pinnatifidum), also by Dunal.[3]

In addition, the Cockroach Berry is sometimes referenced under the following obsolete names:[3]

S. ciliatum of Blume from F.A.W. Miquel is an undetermined species of Lycianthes.
S. arenarium of Schur is S. villosum as described by Philip Miller.
S. arenarium of Otto Sendtner is a valid species
S. pentapetaloides of Bojer from Dunal in de Candolle is S. imamense.

References

  1. PIER (2007)
  2. Guézou, A; Pozo, P; Buddenhagen, C (Oct 2007), Cresswell, Will, ed., "Preventing establishment: an inventory of introduced plants in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos" (Free full text), PLoS ONE 2 (10): e1042, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001042, PMC 2002516, PMID 17940606
  3. 3.0 3.1 Solanaceae Source (2006)

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