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Taxonomy

Physical Description

Family Solanaceae:

Herbs, shrubs, small trees, or climbers. Stems sometimes prickly, rarely thorny; hairs simple, branched, or stellate, sometimes glandular. Leaves alternate, solitary or paired, simple or pinnately compound, without stipules; leaf blade entire, dentate, lobed, or divided. Inflorescences terminal, overtopped by continuing axes, appearing axillary, extra-axillary, or leaf opposed, often apparently umbellate, racemose, paniculate, clustered, or solitary flowers, rarely true cymes, sometimes bracteate. Flowers mostly bisexual, usually regular, 5-merous, rarely 4- or 6-9-merous. Calyx mostly lobed. Petals united. Stamens as many as corolla lobes and alternate with them, inserted within corolla, all alike or 1 or more reduced; anthers dehiscing longitudinally or by apical pores. Ovary 2-5-locular; placentation mostly axile; ovules usually numerous. Style 1. Fruiting calyx often becoming enlarged, mostly persistent. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds with copious endosperm; embryo mostly curved.

About 95 genera with 2300 species: best represented in western tropical America, widespread in temperate and tropical regions; 20 genera (ten introduced) and 101 species in China.

Some species of Solanaceae are known in China only by plants cultivated in ornamental or specialty gardens: Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner, Brugmansia suaveolens (Willdenow) Berchtold & Presl, Nicotiana alata Link & Otto, and Solanum jasminoides Paxton.^[1]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tabacum:

There are approximately 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: T. latissimum · T. nicotianum · T. ovatofolium

Members of the genus Solanum:

There are approximately 5,950 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. acaule albicans · S. andigenum argentinicum · S. andigenum australiperuvianum · S. andigenum aya-papa · S. andigenum centraliperuvianum · S. andigenum colombianum · S. andigenum ecuatorianum · S. andigenum tarmense · S. boliviense virgultorum · S. caripense jamesonianum · S. chacoense muelleri · S. chacoense subtilius · S. circaefolium quimense · S. commersonii pseudostipulatum · S. dasyadenium potosanum · S. dasyadenium uberius · S. gourlayi saltense · S. grossularia protaxanthum · S. hastatilobum brachyphyllum · S. juglandifolium cundinamarcae · S. lycocarpum macrophyllum · S. mandonis carabayense · S. melongena agreste · S. paniculatum pseudo-auriculatum · S. parvifolium tropicum · S. pentlandii interandinum · S. persicum pseudopersicum · S. phureja estradae · S. phureja hygrothermicum · S. polyadenium oryzabae · S. tuberosum chiloense · S. tuberosum guaraniticum · S. tuberosum yanacochense · S. vespertilio doramae · S. violaceum multiflorum · S. 'Satin Beauty' (Eggplant) · S. abancayense · S. abancaynse · S. abbottianum · S. abbottii · S. aberrans · S. abitaguense · S. abollatum · S. abortivum · S. abutilifolium · S. abutiloides · S. abyssinicum · S. acanthifolium · S. acanthocalyx · S. acanthocarpum · S. acanthodapis · S. acanthodes · S. acanthoideum · S. acaule · S. acaule acaule · S. acaule aemulans · S. acaule f. incuyo · S. acaule palmirense · S. acaule punae · S. acaule var. aemulans · S. acaule var. albicans · S. acaule var. caulescens · S. acaule var. checcae · S. acaule var. punae · S. acaule var. subexinterruptum · S. acayucense · S. accedens · S. accrescens · S. acerifolium · S. acerosum · S. acerosum var. nigricans · S. acetosaefolium · S. achacachense · S. aciculare · S. acidochondrum · S. aconthodes · S. acroglossum · S. acroleucum · S. acropterum · S. acroscopicum · S. acroscopicum ochoa · S. actaeabotrys · S. actaebotrys · S. actaeibotrys · S. actaibotrys · S. actephilum · S. actinocalyx · S. aculeastrum (Sodaapple Nightshade) · S. aculeatum · S. aculeatum f. typicum · S. aculeatum var. fuertesii · S. aculeatum var. luxurians · S. aculeiger · S. aculeolatum · S. acuminatissimum · S. acuminatum · S. acuminatum var. viridiflora · S. acutangulum · S. acutifolium · S. acutilobatum

Bibliography

• Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.

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Notes

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15867362
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:821617-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3704994

Footnotes:

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy "Solanaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 300. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.