Taxon: Solanum retroflexum Dunal

Common names:

• sunberry   (Source: Syst Bot 6:183. 1981) – English
  
• wonderberry   (Source: Syst Bot 6:183. 1981) – English
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Syst Bot 6:183. 1981)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania
  West Tropical Africa: Mauritania; Nigeria; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - South Australia

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North America [sparingly cult.]

References:

• Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Edmonds, J. M. & J. A. Chweya. 1997. Black nightshades. Solanum nigrum L. and related species. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 15:34.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Henderson, R. J. F. 1974. Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae) and related species in Australia. Contr. Queensland Herb. 16:60–61.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= S. × burbankii].
• Jaeger, P. M. L. & F. N. Hepper. 1986. A review of the genus Solanum in Africa. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics. 49. [mentions].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Schilling, E. E. et al. 1992. Common names and species identification in black nightshades Solanum sect. Solanum (Solanaceae). Econ. Bot. 46:224. [mentions].
• Schilling, E. E. 1981. Systematics of Solanum sect. Solanum (Solanaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 6:183.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Solanum retroflexum.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Solanum retroflexum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Solanum ×burbankii Bitter
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Solanum retroflexum Dunal:

• 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
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• 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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