Species of flowering plant
Bahama nightshade
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Asterids
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Order:
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Solanales
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Family:
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Solanaceae
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Genus:
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Solanum
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Species:
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S. bahamense
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Binomial name
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Solanum bahamense
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Synonyms
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- Solanum anacanthum Dunal
- Solanum cestrifolium Willd. ex Dunal (nomen nudum?)
- Solanum cestrophyllum Dunal
- Solanum fruticosum Mill.
- Solanum igneum L.
- Solanum igneum var. inerme Dunal
- Solanum igneum var. parvifolium Vahl
- Solanum lanceifolium Salisb. (non Jacq.: preoccupied)
- Solanum molle Bertero ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied)
- Solanum persicifolium Dunal
- Solanum persicifolium var. angustifolium Dunal
- Solanum persicifolium var. belloi O.E.Schulz
- Solanum persicifolium var. parvifolium (Vahl) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum racemosum Jacq.
- Solanum racemosum var. igneum (L.) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum ramosum Lam.
- Solanum subarmatum Willd.
- Solanum torvum var.? persicifolium (Dunal) M.Gómez
- Solanum umbrosum Balb. ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied)
- Solanum umbrosum Bertero ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied)
- Solanum varginstonicum Buc'hoz
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Solanum bahamense, commonly known as the Bahama nightshade,[1] is a plant in the nightshade family. It is native across the West Indies, from the Florida Keys east to Dominica (excluding Hispaniola).[2] It is a common species in coastal habitats, often on calcareous soils.[2]
Taxonomy
Originally described by Carl Linnaeus, it has a convoluted taxonomic history. S. bahamense is known by many junior synonyms and involved in several cases of homonymy.[3]
Some additional varieties of S. bahamense have been described, but they are not considered taxonomically distinct today:[3]
- Solanum bahamense var. inerme Dunal
- Solanum bahamense var. lanceolatum Griseb. (Not to be confused with S. lanceolatum.)
- Solanum bahamense var. luxurians D'Arcy
- Solanum bahamense var. rugelii D'Arcy
- Solanum bahamense var. subarmatum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz