Solanum nigrum Linnaeus var virginicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 186. 1753. RCN: 1473.

Lectotype (designated here by Edmonds): [icon] " Solanum nigrum vulgari simile, caulibus exasperatis" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 368, t. 275, f. 356. 1732.

Current name: Solanum nigrum L. var virginicum L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: While several authors (e.g. Henderson in Contr. Queensland Herb. 16: 35. 1974) have suggested that the name is based on the cited Dillenius element, no explicit typification appears to have been made until now.