nightshade family
Solanaceae
The Solanaceae, or nightshades, are an economically important family of flowering plants. The family ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of important agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals. Many members of the family contain potent alkaloids, and some are highly toxic, but many, including tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell/chili peppers, and tobacco are widely used. The family belongs to the order Solanales, in the...
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
nightshades and allies
subfamilySolanoideae
tobacco and allies
subfamilyNicotianoideae
petunias and allies
subfamilyPetunioideae
cestrums and allies
subfamilyCestroideae
butterfly flowers
subfamilySchizanthoideae
goetzeas and allies
subfamilyGoetzeoideae
schwenckias and allies
subfamilySchwenckioideae
pupunharanas
subfamilyDuckeodendroideae
Atrichodendron
genusAtrichodendron
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48516.