Solanum membranisepalum Li Bing Zhang & Ngan T. Lu, 2014

Zhang, Li-Bing & Lu, Ngan Thi, 2014, Solanum membranisepalum (Solanaceae): A new name for the Flora of China, Phytotaxa 186 (4), pp. 239-240 : 239

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.186.4.9
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scientific name	Solanum membranisepalum Li Bing Zhang & Ngan T. Lu
status	nom. nov.

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Solanum membranisepalum Li Bing Zhang & Ngan T. Lu View in CoL , nom. nov.

Synonyms:— Solanum griffithii (Prain) C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang (1978: 75) , nom. illeg., non S. griffithii (C.B. Clarke) Kuntze (1891: 454) .— S. brevipedunculatum Li Bing Zhang & Yi F. Duan (2014: 280 as “ brevipedunculata ”), nom. illeg., non S. brevipedunculatum Rusby (1907: 421) .

Basionym:— Solanum barbisetum Nees von Esenbeck var. griffithii Prain (1896: 541) View in CoL .

Type :— INDIA. Assam, sine dat., W. Griffith 5911 (lectotype K-000196261!, designated by Duan & Zhang (2014: 280); isolectotype K- 000196262!) .

Etymology:—Latin, membrani-, membraneous, and - sepalum, sepal, referring to the membraneous sepals of this species ( Zhang et al. 1994).

Distribution:—Near roads, limestone mountains, thickets, forests; 300– 900 m. China [Guangxi (Pinguo Xian), Guizhou, Yunnan], India, and Myanmar ( Zhang et al. 1994).