Solanum richardii Dunal GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum richardii Dunal

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Melongena

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

419323

Place of publication:

J. L. M. Poiret, Encycl. suppl. 3:775. 1814 "richardi"

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature, where both the name and its validating diagnosis are ascribed to Dunal (Melbourne ICN Art. 46.2)

Verified:

12/02/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Solanum acanthocalyx Klotzsch

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Reference(s)

Daunay, M. C. et al. 1998. The use of wild genetic resources for eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. II. Crossability and fertility of interspecific hybrids. Proceedings of the Xth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Capsicum and eggplant, Avignon, France, 7-11 Sept., 1998. 1998 19-24.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
Humbert, J.-H., ed. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 1936-
Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Vorontsova, M. et al. 2013. African spiny Solanum (subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae): a thorny phylogenetic tangle. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:[in press].
Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Comoros
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=419323. Accessed 15 December 2025.