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Solanum styleanum

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Solanum styleanum Dunal

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Solanum nitidibaccatum Bitter (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum physalifolium var. nitidibaccatum (Bitter) Edmonds (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Solanum luteum Mill. (doubtful misapplied)
  • Solanum sarrachoides Sendtn. (misapplied)
  • Solanum villosum (L.) Lam. (doubtful misapplied)
  • Solanum villosum Mill. (doubtful misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (8), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 55 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (2); purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1043.53 mm2 (1043.53-1043.53 mm2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 40.5 mg (40.5-40.5 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5.62 cm (0.5-15 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 38.84 g/m2 (38.84-38.84 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_shallow (1); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): sprawling (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.13 mg (2.13-2.13 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.8-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231319VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231217N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Catford_201488J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.