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Solanum  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 30412

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): nightshade
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
  Latest Record Review: 1999    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassMagnoliopsida  -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons  
             SubclassAsteridae   
                OrderSolanales   
                   FamilySolanaceae  -- nightshades, solanacées  
                      GenusSolanum L. -- nightshade  
    Direct Children:  
                         Variety Solanum wallacei var. wallacei (Gray) Parish -- Wallace's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum aculeastrum Dunal -- sodaapple nightshade 
                         Species Solanum adscendens Sendtner -- sonoita nightshade 
                         Species Solanum aethiopicum L. -- Ethiopian nightshade 
                         Species Solanum americanum P. Mill. -- American black nightshade, purple nightshade (common), smallflower nightshade 
                         Species Solanum aviculare G. Forst. -- New Zealand nightshade 
                         Species Solanum bahamense L. -- Bahama nightshade 
                         Species Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal -- ornamental nightshade 
                         Species Solanum burbankii Bitter -- wonderberry 
                         Species Solanum campechiense L. -- redberry nightshade 
                         Species Solanum capsicastrum Link ex Schauer -- false Jerusalem cherry 
                         Species Solanum capsicoides All. -- cockroach berry 
                         Species Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. -- heaftleaf horsenettle, heartleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum carolinense L. -- apple of Sodom, bull nettle, Carolina horsenettle, devil's tomato, horsenettle, sand briar 
                         Species Solanum chenopodioides Lam. -- goosefoot nightshade 
                         Species Solanum citrullifolium A. Braun -- watermelon nightshade 
                         Species Solanum clokeyi Munz -- Clokey's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum commersonii Dunal ex Poiret -- Commerson's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum conocarpum Dunal -- marron bacoba 
                         Species Solanum davisense M.D. Whalen -- Davis horsenettle 
                         Species Solanum demissum Lindley -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum dimidiatum Raf. -- torrey nightshade, Torrey's nightshade, western horsenettle 
                         Species Solanum diphyllum L. -- twinleaf nightshade, twoleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum donianum Walp. -- mullein nightshade 
                         Species Solanum douglasii Dunal -- green-spot nightshade, greenspot nightshade 
                         Species Solanum drymophilum O.E. Schulz -- erubia 
                         Species Solanum dulcamara L. -- bitter nightshade, bittersweet nightshade, blue nightshade, climbing nightshade, European bittersweet, fellenwort, woody nightshade 
                         Species Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. -- silverleaf nightshade, tomato weed, trompillo, white horsenettle, white nightshade 
                         Species Solanum erianthum D. Don -- mullein nightshade, potatotree 
                         Species Solanum fendleri Gray ex Torr. -- Fendler horsenettle, Fendler's horsenettle 
                         Species Solanum ferox L. -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum furcatum Dunal ex Poir. -- forked nightshade 
                         Species Solanum gayanum (Remy) Phil. f. -- Chilean nightshade 
                         Species Solanum gilo Raddi -- gilo 
                         Species Solanum glacum Dunal  
                         Species Solanum glaucophyllum Desf. -- waxyleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum gracilius Herter -- slender nightshade 
                         Species Solanum haleakalense H. St. John  
                         Species Solanum heterodoxum Dunal -- melon-leaf nightshade, melonleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum hindsianum Benth. -- Hinds' nightshade 
                         Species Solanum hyporhodium A. Braun & Bouche -- cocona 
                         Species Solanum imcompletum Dunal  
                         Species Solanum incanum L. -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum incompletum Dunal -- Popolo ku mai, thorny popolo 
                         Species Solanum interius Rydb. -- deadly nightshade 
                         Species Solanum jamaicense P. Mill. -- Jamaica nightshade, Jamaican nightshade 
                         Species Solanum jamesii Torr. -- wild potato 
                         Species Solanum jasminoides Paxton -- jasmine nightshade 
                         Species Solanum khasianum C. B. Clarke -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum lanceifolium Jacq. -- lanceleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum lanceolatum Cav. -- lanceleaf nightshade, orangeberry nightshade 
                         Species Solanum leptosepalum Correll -- tigna potato 
                         Species Solanum lumholtzianum Bartlett -- Sonoran nightshade 
                         Species Solanum lycopersicum L. -- garden tomato 
                         Species Solanum macrocarpon L. -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum mammosum L. -- nipplefruit 
                         Species Solanum marginatum L. f. -- purple African nightshade, white-margined nightshade 
                         Species Solanum mauritianum Scop. -- earleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum melanocerasum All. -- garden huckleberry 
                         Species Solanum melongena L. -- eggplant 
                         Species Solanum mucronatum O.E. Schulz -- pepino 
                         Species Solanum muricatum Aiton -- pepino 
                         Species Solanum nelsonii Dunal -- Nelson's horsenettle 
                         Species Solanum nigrescens Mart. & Gal. -- divine nightshade 
                         Species Solanum nigrum L. -- black nightshade, deadly nightshade, garden nightshade 
                         Species Solanum nudum Kunth ex Dunal -- forest nightshade 
                         Species Solanum parishii Heller -- Parish's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum pericifolium Dunal  
                         Species Solanum persicifolium Dunal -- berengena de playa 
                         Species Solanum peruvianum L. -- Peruvian nightshade 
                         Species Solanum phureja Juz. & Buk. -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum physalifolium Rusby -- ground-cherry nightshade, hairy nightshade, hoe nightshade 
                         Species Solanum pimpinellifolium Jusl. -- currant tomato 
                         Species Solanum pinnatisectum Dunal -- tansy-leaf nightshade, tansyleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum polygamum Vahl -- cakalaka berry 
                         Species Solanum pseudocapsicum L. -- Jerusalem cherry 
                         Species Solanum pseudogracile Heiser -- glowing nightshade 
                         Species Solanum pterocaulon Dunal  
                         Species Solanum ptychanthum Dunal -- black nightshade, eastern black nightshade, nightshade, West Indian nightshade 
                         Species Solanum pyrifolium Lam.  
                         Species Solanum quitoense Lam. -- naranjilla 
                         Species Solanum racemosum Jacq. -- canker berry 
                         Species Solanum riedlei Dunal -- Riedle's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum robustum Wendl. -- shrubby nightshade 
                         Species Solanum rostratum Dunal -- buffalobur, buffalobur nightshade, Colorado bur, horned nightshade, Kansas thistle, Mexican thistle, Texas thistle 
                         Species Solanum rugosum Dunal -- tabacon aspero 
                         Species Solanum sandwicense Hook. & Arn. -- `Aiakeakua, popolo, Hawai'i horsenettle 
                         Species Solanum seaforthianum Andr. -- Brazilian nightshade 
                         Species Solanum sessiliflorum Dunal -- cocona 
                         Species Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. -- sticky nightshade 
                         Species Solanum surattense Burm. -- nightshade 
                         Species Solanum tampicense Dunal -- aquatic soda apple, scrambling nightshade, wetland nightshade 
                         Species Solanum tenuilobatum Parish -- San Diego nightshade 
                         Species Solanum tenuipes Bartlett -- fancy nightshade 
                         Species Solanum torvum Sw. -- bhankatiya, devil's fig, fausse aubergine, kausoni, prickly solanum, terongan, turkey berry, turkeyberry 
                         Species Solanum triflorum Nutt. -- cut-leaf nightshade, cutleaf nightshade 
                         Species Solanum triquetrum Cav. -- Texas nightshade 
                         Species Solanum tuberosum L. -- Irish potato 
                         Species Solanum umbelliferum Eschsch. -- bluewitch, bluewitch nightshade 
                         Species Solanum viarum Dunal -- tropical soda apple 
                         Species Solanum villosum (L.) P. Mill.  
                         Species Solanum viride G. Forst. ex Spreng. -- green nightshade 
                         Species Solanum wallacei (Gray) Parish -- Catalina nightshade 
                         Species Solanum wendlandii Hook. f. -- giant potatocreeper 
                         Species Solanum woodburyi Howard -- Woodbury's nightshade 
                         Species Solanum xanti Gray -- chaparral nightshade, purple nightshade 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Solanum   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Solanum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Solanum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Solanum   
       
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