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|accepted_name=Solanum bahamense
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 188. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bahama or Rugel’s nightshade;cankerberry
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solanum bahamense var. luxurians
|authority=D’Arcy
|rank=variety
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|name=S. bahamense var. rugelii
|authority=D’Arcy
|rank=variety
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|name=S. racemosum
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum bahamense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Solanum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solanum bahamense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, erect, sparsely to densely armed (at least when young), to 4 m, prickles yellow or orange, straight, to 10 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs sessile, stellate, 6–8-rayed, central ray usually shorter than lateral rays, sometimes absent, occasionally as long as or longer than lateral rays. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 0.1–2.7 cm; blade simple, narrowly elliptic, 2–21 × 0.5–5.5 cm, margins entire or shallowly lobed, base attenuate to rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b> extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, usually unbranched, 30+-flowered, to 15 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.8–1.5 cm in flower, 1–2 cm and recurved to one side of the inflorescence in fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 1.5–2.5 mm, moderately stellate-pubescent, lobes triangular; corolla white or violet, stellate, 1.5–2 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers narrow and tapered, 5.5–8 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores, anther tube densely stellate-pubescent within; ovary glabrous or sparsely pubescent with short-glandular hairs. <b>Berries</b> bright shiny red, globose, 0.5–0.7 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> pale tan, flattened, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, minutely pitted. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Coastal forests, forest and beach margins, dunes, often on coral or calcareous soils.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies.
|discussion=<p>Solanum bahamense is morphologically variable, especially in leaf shape, hair morphology, prickle density, and corolla color. Using morphological and molecular data, R. Strickland-Constable et al. (2010) established that several formerly recognized taxa are encompassed within its range of variability and should be considered as synonyms of S. bahamense. It is unique among the North American spiny solanums in having stellate hairs on the inner (adaxial) surface of the anthers. Solanum bahamense occurs in southern Florida and the Keys and throughout the Caribbean.</p>
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name=Solanum bahamense
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Solanum bahamense var. luxurians;S. bahamense var. rugelii;S. racemosum
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Coastal forests, forest and beach margins, dunes, often on coral or calcareous soils.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum bahamense
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