Solanum cowiei is a small fruiting subshrub in the family Solanaceae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. The fruit is a green berry, up to 15 mm in diameter, that later becomes black-green and detaches from the calyx.[2]
| Solanum cowiei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. cowiei
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum cowiei | |
| Synonyms | |
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Solanum sp. Litchfield (I.D.Cowie 1428) NT Herbarium | |
The species was formally described in 2013 by Christopher T. Martine. The specific epithet honours Dr. Ian Cowie, the Chief Botanist at the Northern Territory Herbarium.[2] It is placed within the "Dioicum Complex" of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Solanum cowiei". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ a b c Martine, Christopher E.; Symon, David E.; . Evans, Elizabeth C. (2013). "A new cryptically dioecious species of bush tomato (Solanum) from the Northern Territory, Australia". PhytoKeys (30): 23–31. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.30.6003. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881354. PMID 24399898.