Solanum bahamense

Bahama nightshade
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. bahamense
Binomial name
	Solanum bahamense; L.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Solanum anacanthum Dunal ; Solanum cestrifolium Willd. ex Dunal (nomen nudum?) ; Solanum cestrophyllum Dunal ; Solanum fruticosum Mill. ; Solanum igneum L. ; Solanum igneum var. inerme Dunal ; Solanum igneum var. parvifolium Vahl ; Solanum lanceifolium Salisb. (non Jacq.: preoccupied) ; Solanum molle Bertero ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied) ; Solanum persicifolium Dunal ; Solanum persicifolium var. angustifolium Dunal ; Solanum persicifolium var. belloi O.E.Schulz ; Solanum persicifolium var. parvifolium (Vahl) O.E.Schulz ; Solanum racemosum Jacq. ; Solanum racemosum var. igneum (L.) O.E.Schulz ; Solanum ramosum Lam. ; Solanum subarmatum Willd. ; Solanum torvum var.? persicifolium (Dunal) M.Gómez ; Solanum umbrosum Balb. ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied) ; Solanum umbrosum Bertero ex Dunal (non Dunal: preoccupied) ; Solanum varginstonicum Buc'hoz ;

Solanum bahamense, commonly known as the Bahama nightshade,^[3] is a plant in the nightshade family. It is native across the West Indies, from the Florida Keys east to Dominica (excluding Hispaniola).^[4] It is a common species in coastal habitats, often on calcareous soils.^[4]

Taxonomy

Originally described by Carl Linnaeus, it has a convoluted taxonomic history. S. bahamense is known by many junior synonyms and involved in several cases of homonymy.^[5]

Some additional varieties of S. bahamense have been described, but they are not considered taxonomically distinct today:^[5]

Solanum bahamense var. inerme Dunal
Solanum bahamense var. lanceolatum Griseb. (Not to be confused with S. lanceolatum.)
Solanum bahamense var. luxurians D'Arcy
Solanum bahamense var. rugelii D'Arcy
Solanum bahamense var. subarmatum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz

↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Solanum bahamense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T152909785A152909787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152909785A152909787.en. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
↑ NatureServe. "Solanum bahamense". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
↑ NRCS. "Solanum bahamense". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
1 2 Strickland-Constable, Rose; Schneider, Harold; Ansell, Stephen; Russell, Stephen; Knapp, Sandra (2010). "Species identify in the Solanum bahamense species group (Solanaceae, Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum)". Taxon. 59 (1): 209–226. doi:10.1002/tax.591020.
1 2 Solanaceae Source (2008). "Solanum bahamense". Retrieved September 26, 2008.