Taxon: Solanum marginatum L. f.

• the 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• purple African nightshade   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• white-edge nightshade   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• white-margin nightshade   (Source: Solan Biol Syst 496.) – English
  
• weißrandiger Nachtschatten   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• vitskatta   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Noxweed Aust; Solan Biol Syst 496. 1986)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of eggplant   (fide Pl Cell Tissue Cult 65:91-107. 2001)
  
• Medicines: potential source of solasodine   (for use in producing steroidal hormones fide Solan Biol Syst 499. 1986; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (naturalized in some countries of tropical America fide F Veracruz)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores; Spain - Canary Islands
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [s.]
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [s.w.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador
  Southern South America: Chile

• also cultivated

References:

• Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Nee, M. et al., eds. 1999. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 318.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Roth, L. 1986. Worldwide distribution of the wild plant Solanum marginatum and its cultivation in Ecuador. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics. 496–99.
• Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:1–367.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49–56.
• Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Solanum marginatum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Solanum marginatum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Solanum marginatum.

Check other web resources for Solanum marginatum L. f.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Solanaceae Source: A global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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