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Solanum melongena L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. 186. 1753.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001029464.

Synonyms of Solanum melongena L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Melongena esculenta (Dunal) Grecescu (D. ) Grecescu, Consp. Fl. Romaniei 423. 1898, 1898. wfo-0001023588
Melongena incurva Mill. Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8, no. 3. 1768, 1768. wfo-0001023589
Melongena ovata Mill. Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8, no. 1. 1768, 1768. wfo-0001023590
Melongena spinosa Mill. Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8, no. 4. 1768, 1768. wfo-0001023591
Melongena teres Mill. Mill. and Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8, no. 2. 1768, 1768. wfo-0001023592
Solanum aethiopicum var. violaceum Dunal Dunal and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 351. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001025770
Solanum album Noronha Noronha et al., Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5: 84. 1791., 1791. wfo-0001025828
Solanum album Lour. Lour., Lour., and Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 129. 1790., 1790. wfo-0001025829
Solanum album var. richardii Dunal Dunal and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 362. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001025833
Solanum album var. rumphii Dunal Dunal et al., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 361. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001025834
Solanum edule Schumach. & Thonn. S. & Thonn., in Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 125 [145]. 1827., 1827. wfo-0001027758
Solanum edule var. multifidum Dunal Dunal and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 357. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001027761
Solanum esculentum Dunal Dunal, Hist. Nat. Solanum 208, tab. 3. 1813., 1813. wfo-0001027855
Solanum esculentum var. aculeatum Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 355. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001027856
Solanum esculentum var. inerme Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 355. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001027858
Solanum esculentum var. subinerme Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 355. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001027859
Solanum lagenarium Dunal Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 368. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001028921
Solanum longum Roxb. Roxb., Roxb., and Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 16. 1814., 1814. wfo-0001029141
Solanum melanocarpum var. atropurpureum Dunal Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 356. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001029454
Solanum melongena subsp. agreste Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029466
Solanum melongena subsp. melongena wfo-0001029467
Solanum melongena var. angustum Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029468
Solanum melongena var. cylindricum Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029469
Solanum melongena var. esculentum (Dunal) Walp. (D. ) Walp., Repert. 3: 81. 1844., 1844. wfo-0001029470
Solanum melongena var. giganteum (Alef.) Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029471
Solanum melongena var. globosi Dikii Dikii, Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 106. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029472
Solanum melongena var. inerme (Dunal) Hiern (D. ) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1(3): 748. 1898., 1898. wfo-0001029475
Solanum melongena var. leucoum (Alef.) Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029477
Solanum melongena var. melongena wfo-0001029478
Solanum melongena var. ovigera Pers. Pers., Syn. 221. 1805., 1805. wfo-0001029479
Solanum melongena var. racemiflorum Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029480
Solanum melongena var. racemosum Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029481
Solanum melongena var. stenoleucum (Alef.) Dikii (A. ) Dikii and Dikii, Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 104. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029482
Solanum melongena var. variegatum (Alef.) Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029483
Solanum melongena var. violaceum (Alef.) Dikii Dikii et al., Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 105. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029484
Solanum melongena var. viride Dikii (A. ) Dikii and Dikii, Trudy Prikl. Bot. 88: 104. 1984., 1984. wfo-0001029485
Solanum melongenum St.-Lag. St.-Lag. et al., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 135. 1880., 1880. wfo-0001029487
Solanum oviferum Salisb. Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 134. 1796, 1796. wfo-0001030130
Solanum ovigerum Dunal Dunal, Hist. Nat. Solanum 210. 1813., 1813. wfo-0001030131
Solanum sinuatorepandum Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 358. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001030133
Solanum subrepandum Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 358. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001030134
Solanum ovigerum var. album Sweet Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, and Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 387. 1830., 1830. wfo-0001030135
Solanum ovigerum var. insanum Blume Blume and Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 698. 1825., 1825. wfo-0001030136
Solanum ovigerum var. luteum Sweet Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, and Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 387. 1830., 1830. wfo-0001030137
Solanum ovigerum var. oblongo-cylindricum Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 358. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001030138
Solanum ovigerum var. ruber Sweet Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, and Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 387. 1830., 1830. wfo-0001030141
Solanum ovigerum var. violaceum Sweet Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, and Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 387. 1830., 1830. wfo-0001030142
Solanum violaceum Dunal Dunal, Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 358. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001030143
Solanum pressum Dunal Dunal, Hist. Nat. Solanum 217. 1813., 1813. wfo-0001030553
Solanum pseudoundatum Blume Blume, Blume, and Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 699. 1826., 1826. wfo-0001030629
Solanum pseudoundatum var. albiflorum Blume Blume, Blume, and Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 699. 1826., 1826. wfo-0001030630
Solanum pseudoundatum var. atropurpurascens Blume Blume, Blume, and Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 699. 1826., 1826. wfo-0001030631
Solanum pseudoundatum var. leucocarpon Blume Blume and Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 700. 1826., 1826. wfo-0001030632
Solanum requienii Dunal Dunal, Dunal, and Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 363. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001030821
Solanum sativum Dunal R. ex Dunal, Dunal, (B. ) Dunal, and (B. ) Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 360. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031057
Solanum sativum var. albiflorum (Blume) Dunal R. ex Dunal, Dunal, (B. ) Dunal, and (B. ) Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 360. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031058
Solanum sativum var. atropurpurascens (Blume) Dunal R. ex Dunal, Dunal, (B. ) Dunal, and (B. ) Dunal, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 360. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031059
Solanum sativum var. leucocarpon (Blume) Dunal Dunal et al., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 361. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031060
Solanum serpentinum Noronha Noronha et al., Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5: 84. 1791., 1791. wfo-0001031196
Solanum serpentinum Desf. Desf., Cat. Pl. Horti Paris 397. 1829., 1829. wfo-0001031197
Solanum trongum Poir. Poir. and Poir., Encycl. (Lamarck) 4: 308. 1797., 1797. wfo-0001031889
Solanum trongum var. divaricatum Dunal Dunal et al., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 361. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031890
Solanum trongum var. rumphii Dunal Dunal et al., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 361. 1852., 1852. wfo-0001031891
Solanum zeylanicum Scop. Scop., Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 1: 1. 1786., 1786. wfo-0001032583