Solanum scalarium Martine & T.M.Williams
, PhytoKeys 216: 107, figs. 1-7 (2022).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77310466-1
- Publication
- PhytoKeys
- Collation
- 216: 107, figs. 1-7
- Date of Publication
- 20 Dec 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Solanaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- C.T.Martine, J.Cantley, A.McDonnell & P.Jobson 4748
- Locality
- Victoria River Valley, Judbarra National Park, off Victoria Highway (Highway 1), NW of Victoria River Roadhouse, Escarpment Walk, just off track above Garrarnawun Lookout on flat area between there and peak of outcrop, 167 m
- Collection Date
- 2 Jun 2018
- Type Herbaria
- holotype DNA
- Latitude
- 15° 36' 38"
- Longitude
- 131° 6' 57" E
- Distribution Of Types
- Northern Terr. (Australia, Asia-Tropical)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.216.85972 Etymology: 'Latin scalare from scala, ladder or stair, and suffix aris, pertaining to; the epithet scalarium is the genitive plural of scalare, indicating ladder-like appearance of staminate inflorescence rachises, which are conspicuously and unusually armed with relatively stout, spreading, straight prickles resembling ladder steps.'