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Taxon:  Solanum sturtianum F. Muell.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101524
Place of publication:
Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1:19. 1854 (Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8:166. 1856)
Comment:
for date and place of publication see Seberg in Taxon 35:270. 1986
Verified:
12/01/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Black, J. M. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2. 1943-1957
  2. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  3. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  4. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  6. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  7. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Seberg, O. 1986. New information on Ferdinand J. H. Mueller's early taxonomic papers (1854-1856). Taxon 35:262-271.
  10. Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:1-367.
Common names
English
Thargomindah nightshade –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101524. Accessed 31 October 2026.


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