Solanum americanum




Family Solanaceae
Scientific name Solanum americanum P. Miller
Synonyms Solanum adventitium Polgar; Solanum alatum Moench; Solanum amarantoides Dunal; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) Edmonds; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. patulum (L.) Edmonds; Solanum americanum P. Miller subsp. nodiflorum (Jacquin) R. J. F. Henderson; Solanum calvum Bitter; Solanum caribaeum Dunal; Solanum curtipes Bitter; Solanum fistulosum Dunal; Solanum ganchouenense H. LĂ©veille; Solanum gollmeri Bitter; Solanum hermannii Dunal; Solanum inconspicuum Bitter; Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & Jaeger; Solanum indecorum A. Richard; Solanum inops Dunal; Solanum luteum P. Miller subsp. alatum (Moench) Dostal; Solanum merillianum Liou; Solanum minutibaccatum Bitter; Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti; Solanum nigrum L. var. americanum (P. Miller) O. E. Schulz; Solanum nigrum L. var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) A. Gray; Solanum nigrum L. var. oleraceum Hitchcock; Solanum nigrum L. var. pauciflorum Liou; Solanum nigrum L. var. virginicum L.; Solanum nigrum L. subsp. alatum (Moench) Celakovsky; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. acuminatum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. acuminatum Chodat; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. macrophyllum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. puberulum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin subsp. nutans R. J. F. Henderson; Solanum oleraceum Dunal; Solanum parviflorum Moris ex Badaro; Solanum photeinocarpum Nakamura & Odashima; Solanum ptychanthum Dunal ex de Candolle; Solanum purpuratum Bitter; Solanum sciaphilum Bitter; Solanum subspatulatum Sendtner; Solanum tenellum Bitter; Solanum triangulare Lamarck; Solanum villosum P. Miller subsp. alatum (Moench) Edmonds
Common name (Japanese common name) America inu houdzuki [America false houdzuki (houdzuki = Physalis alkekengi var. francheti)]
(English common name) black nightshade, eastern black nightshade, American black nightshade
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (south of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Plants 40-80cm tall. Leaves 2-12cm long, 1-5cm wide. Flowers white (or blue) corollas 5mm, flowering in May to December. Annual plants.
Reference Solanum americanum Mill.
Solanum americanum P. Mill.
Solanum americanum Miller
Discussions USDA Plant Profiles indicats Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy as a synonym of Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti. Also Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy is a synonym of Solanum americanum P. Miller. Therefore, at least based on USDA Plant Profiles, Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti is a synonym of Solanum americanum P. Miller.
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered at Amagasaki City in 1951, reported in 1956).



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October 2006
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October 2006
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October 2006
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