Solanum aureitomentosum Bitter, 2013

Knapp, Sandra, Vorontsova, Maria S. & Prohens, Jaime, 2013, Wild Relatives of the Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): New Understanding of Species Names in a Complex Group, PLoS ONE 8 (2), pp. 1-12 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0057039
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6339086
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03809C4E-FFCA-FFD0-FCDE-FCE6FC031916
treatment provided by	Jonas
scientific name	Solanum aureitomentosum Bitter
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

1. Solanum aureitomentosum Bitter View in CoL , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 18. 1912.

Solanum chrysotrichum C.H.Wright View in CoL , Kew Bull. 1894: 129. 1894, nom. illeg., later homonym of Solanum chrysotrichum Schltdl. View in CoL

Distribution. Southern Africa, from Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola, southern Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; roadsides, Brachystegia Benth. ( Fabaceae , Caesalpinoidae) woodland and grassland; 800–1600 m elevation.

Solanum aureitomentosum is a distinctive densely woolly plant with leafy calyx lobes in long-styled flowers. It is very similar to and partly sympatric with S. lichtensteinii but we have chosen to recognise it due to the distinctness of the combination of morphological characters and its more high elevation forested habitat. Field studies of these (and all species of the group) at local scales will be useful in furthering the understanding of this variation. No accessions we identify as S. aureitomentosum have been used in previous studies of this group, nor can we find any evidence for accessions of this species in eggplant germplasm collections.