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Taxon:  Solanum bahamense L.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Persicariae
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
419353
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:188. 1753
Comment:
non Solanum bahamense Mill., nom. illeg. (= S. donianum Walp.)
Verified:
08/27/2008 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
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  3. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  4. Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
  5. Liogier, A. H. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. 1981-
  6. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  7. Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. A flora of tropical Florida. 1971
  8. Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 1999 329.
  9. Proctor, G. R. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI. 1984
  10. Strickland-Constable, R. et al. 2010. Species identity in the Solanum bahamense species group (Solanaceae, Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum). Taxon 59:209-226.
Common names
English
canker-berry –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman IslandsGrand Cayman 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman IslandsLittle Cayman 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)  
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands [Grand Cayman, Little Cayman], Dominica, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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=419353. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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