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Solanum melongena
L.
- eggplant
(plant)
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Entity:
Solanum (Genus)
..Solanum andigena (Species)
..Solanum asperum (Species)
..Solanum capsicastrum (Species) - false Jerusalem cherry
..Solanum dulcamara (Species) - bitter nightshade
..Solanum eitenii (Species)
..Solanum grandiflorum (Species)
..Solanum lycopersicum (Species) - garden tomato
..Solanum megaspermum (Species)
..Solanum nigrum (Species) - black nightshade
..Solanum nitidibaccatum (Species)
..Solanum pedemontanum (Species)
..Solanum physalifolium (Species) - ground-cherry nightshade
..Solanum rostratum (Species) - buffalobur
..Solanum sakhanii (Species)
..Solanum torvum (Species) - bhankatiya
..Solanum triflorum (Species) - cutleaf nightshade
..Solanum tuberosum (Species) - Irish potato
..Solanum melongena (Species) - eggplant
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Linnaeus
Original generic combination
:
Types
Neotype of
:
Melongena
(Genus)
Mill. (1754)
Ref:
D'Arcy, W.G. 1972[1973]. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59, [28 Mar 1973]: 271.
Combinations
Subsequent combination
:
Melongena ovata
Mill.
Ref:
E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present
: 9 Feb 1996.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
aubergine
:
eierplant
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
eggplant
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