''Solanum luteoalbum'' is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in the family
Solanaceae
The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...
.
''Solanum semicoalitum'' as described by Bitter is an invalid name for this plant that is sometimes still seen. Altogether, the following
synonym
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s are assigned to this species:
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* ''Cyphomandra luteoalba'' (Pers.) A.Child
* ''Cyphomandra luteoalbum'' (Pers.) A.Child ex Bohs
* ''Solanum luteoalbum var. tunya'' J.F.Macbr.
* ''Solanum pubescens'' Ruiz & Pav. (''non'' Willd.: preoccupied
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
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)
:''S. pubescens'' Roxb. is a ''nomen nudum
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''. ''S. pubescens'' B.Heyne ex Walp. is '' S. violaceum'' Ortega.
* ''Solanum semicoalitum'' Bitter
The puzzling ''S. semicoalitum'' was classified as Critically Endangered endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
of Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
by the IUCN
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, before it was synonymized with the more widespread ''S. luteoalbum''.[Montúfar & Pitman (2004)]
References
Footnotes
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* (2004)
''Solanum luteoalbum''
Version of May 2004. Retrieved 2008-SEP-30.
luteoalbum
Flora of Ecuador
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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