My issue here is, I see all the flowers as nodding, which is one of the main characters for Solanum nigrum alongwith other features as described in above two mails.
Plz Note: In one of the above mails I have wrongly labelled one of the image as Protologue of Solanum indicum, it is actually Solanum nigrum. Regards Pankaj On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Solanum americanum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 5. 1768 > > Unfortunately, I couldnt find any type for this. > Phillip Miller describes Solanum americanum in latin and then at the > same time he described it in english as: > Nightshade with an herbaceous unarmed stalk, oval, acute pointed, > smooth leaves and erect umbels. Aamerican Nightshade like the common > sort with small purplish flower and smaller black berries. > > In the same book on previous page serial number 1, he described > Solanum nigrum in latin as well as english as: > Nightshade with herbaceous unarmed stalk having ten angles and nodding > umbels. Common Nightshade of the shops with black berries. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
