Solanum capsicoides

Cockroach berry
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. capsicoides
Binomial name
Solanum capsicoides All.
Synonyms
See text

Solanum capsicoides, the cockroach berry, ^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions, where it sometimes becomes an invasive weed. ^{[2] [3]}

Synonyms

This species had been included in S. aculeatissimum as variety denudatum by Dunal (Solanum denudatum of Bitter is S. humile as described by Lamarck). It was also included in the eggplant (S. melongena) under its junior synonym S. trongum (as var. sinuato-pinnatifidum), also by Dunal. ^[4]

In addition, the cockroach berry is sometimes referenced under the following obsolete names: ^[4]

• Solanum arrebentaVell.
• Solanum bodinieriH.Lév. & Vaniot
• Solanum capsicoidesHort. Paris ex Lam. (preoccupied)
• Solanum ciliareWilld.
• Solanum ciliatumLam.

S. ciliatum of Blume from F.A.W. Miquel is an undetermined species of Lycianthes .

• Solanum ciliatum var. arenariumDunal

S. arenarium of Schur is S. villosum as described by Philip Miller.

S. arenarium of Otto Sendtner is a valid species

• Solanum macowaniiFourc.
• Solanum pentapetaloidesRoxb. ex Hornem.

S. pentapetaloides of Bojer from Dunal in de Candolle is S. imamense .

• Solanum pentapetalumSchltdl.
• Solanum sinuatifoliumVell.
• Solanum sphaerocarpumMoric.

References

1. NRCS. "Solanum capsicoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
2. PIER (2007)
3. Guézou, A; Pozo, P; Buddenhagen, C (Oct 2007), Cresswell, Will (ed.), "Preventing establishment: an inventory of introduced plants in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos", PLOS ONE, 2 (10) e1042, Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2.1042G, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001042 , PMC   2002516 , PMID   17940606
4. Solanaceae Source (2006)

Footnotes

• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2007): Solanum capsicoides. Version of 2007-MAR-21. Retrieved 2007-SEP-15.
• Solanaceae Source (2006): Solanum sessiliflorum. Version of May 2006. Retrieved 2008-SEP-26.