Wild Relatives of the Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): New Understanding of Species Names in a Complex Group

Sandra Knapp; Maria S. Vorontsova; Jaime Prohens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057039

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Wild Relatives of the Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): New Understanding of Species Names in a Complex Group

Sandra Knapp ,

* E-mail: s.knapp@nhm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
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Maria S. Vorontsova,

Affiliation Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Jaime Prohens

Affiliation Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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Wild Relatives of the Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): New Understanding of Species Names in a Complex Group

Sandra Knapp,
Maria S. Vorontsova,
Jaime Prohens

Published: February 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057039

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Solanum incanum L.

Posted by samuels2013 on 20 Mar 2013 at 14:54 GMT

Table 1. S. incanum L. is found in north-eastern Africa (not the north-west) and northern India, as well as across the Middle East to Pakistan. This has important implications for the species concept of S. insanum.

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