AusTraits

Solanum villosum

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Solanum villosum Mill.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Solanum luteum Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum miniatum Bernh. ex Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum nigrum subsp. puniceum Kirschl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum nigrum subsp. villosum (L.) Pers. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum nigrum var. villosum L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum rubrum Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum villosum Mill. subsp. villosum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Solanum villosum subsp. miniatum (Bernh. ex Willd.) Edmonds (taxonomic synonym)
  • Solanum villosum subsp. puniceum (Kirschl.) Edmonds (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 48 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_length (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (2); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (40-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4.5 cm (4.5-4.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_shallow (1); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (1.7-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.7-0.7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231419Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231216S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_200633A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
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.