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Scientific Name | Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SOLANACEAE |
Synonyms | Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich. subsp. panduriforme (Drège ex Dunal) J.Samuels, Solanum delagoense Dunal, Solanum omahekense Dammer, Solanum omitiomirense Dammer, Solanum panduriforme Drège ex Dunal |
Common Names | Apple Of Sodom (e), Bitter Apple (e), Bitterappel (a), Bitterappeltjie (a), Geelappel (a), Gifappel (a), Gifappeltjie (a), Intuma (z), Intuma-omncane (z), Intumemncane (z), Moralane (ns), Morolwana (tw), Poison Apple (e), Setlwane (ss), Tholana (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across eastern tropical Africa, extending southwards to northern South Africa and to the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Tropical to dry savanna, often weedy in old lands and other disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich. subsp. panduriforme (Drège ex Dunal) J.Samuels | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Solanum delagoense Dunal | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Solanum panduriforme E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Lester, R.N. 1997. Typification of nineteen names of African Solanum species described by A. Richard and others, including S. campylacanthum and S. panduriforme. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 125(4):273-293.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Samuels, J. 2010. Taxonomic relationships of eggplant wild relatives in series Incaniformia Bitter. In: J. Prohens and A. Rodriguez-Burruezo (eds.), Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Capsicum and Eggplant (pp. 89-95), Editorial de la Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia.
Samuels, J. 2012. Solanum incanum s.l. (Solanaceae): taxonomic relationships between S. incanum, S. campylacanthum, S. panduriforme and S. lichtensteinii. Kew Bulletin 67(3):401-411.
Vorontsova, M.S. and Knapp, S. 2012. A new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from South Africa related to the cultivated eggplant. PhytoKeys 8:1-11.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2023. Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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