Synopsis and lectotypification of Solanum (Solanaceae) species endemic in the West Indies
Author
Madrid, Anales del Jardín Botánico de
Author
2009
Author
Knapp, Sandra
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Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid
2009
2009-07-07
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journal article
10.3989/ajbm.2209
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Solanum scandens
Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mex., ed. 2, 53. 1894
Type:
Cuba
.
Sessé
&
Mociño
s.n.
(
lectotype
,
MA
[
MA-604676
, F neg. 48318], designated by
Knapp
, 2008a: 20
;
isolectotype
MA
[
MA-604675
, F neg. 48343, 5381, upper frag. in photo, sheet now divided]).
Distribution.
Endemic to Cuba, where it is found in forests and forest edges at low to middle elevations.
Representative specimen.
Cuba, Pinar del Río,
Ekman 17544
(S).
Solanum boldoense
has occasionally been confused with the Mexican and Central American species
S. dulcamaroides
Dunal
, to which it is probably closely related.