View source for Solanum laciniatum

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|accepted_name=Solanum laciniatum
|accepted_authority=Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Kew.
|place=1: 247. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|common_names=New Zealand nightshade;kangaroo-apple
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum laciniatum
|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 laciniatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, unarmed, 1–3 m, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1–1.5 cm; blade simple, elliptic, 10–30 × 1.5–15 cm, margins entire to coarsely pinnatifid with 1–3 lobes per side, lobe margins entire, base cuneate. <b>Inflorescences</b> leaf-opposed or in branch forks, unbranched or forked, to 10-flowered, 5–15 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–3 cm in flower and fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed, 3–4 mm, glabrous, lobes deltate; corolla blue to deep purple, rotate-stellate, 3–5 cm diam., lobes notched at apex, with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers oblong, slightly tapered, 3–4 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that sometimes open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> yellow to orange-yellow, ovoid to obovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 cm, glabrous, with abundant sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, flattened, 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm, concentrically reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 92.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Jul.
|habitat=Open, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Solanum laciniatum has often been confused with S. aviculare in floras. See discussion under 2. S. aviculare.</p>
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name=Solanum laciniatum
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Jul.
|habitat=Open, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Kew.
|publication year=1789
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum laciniatum
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