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nightshades
Solanum
Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include two food crops of high economic importance, the potato and the tomato. It also contains the nightshades and horse nettles, as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spiny Solanums
subgenusLeptostemonum
Black Nightshade Complex
complexSolanum nigrum
bittersweet nightshade
speciesSolanum dulcamara
tomato
speciesSolanum lycopersicum
Solanum umbelliferum
complexSolanum umbelliferum
Geminata
sectionGeminata
bugweed
speciesSolanum mauritianum
Archaesolanum
subgenusArchaesolanum
potato
speciesSolanum tuberosum
western horsenettle
speciesSolanum dimidiatum
Brazilian Nightshade
speciesSolanum seaforthianum
potato tree
speciesSolanum erianthum
Texas nightshade
speciesSolanum triquetrum
Jasminosolanum
sectionJasminosolanum
forked nightshade
speciesSolanum furcatum
tamarillo
speciesSolanum betaceum
Lyciosolanum
subgenusLyciosolanum
Chilean potato vine
speciesSolanum crispum
Regmandra
sectionRegmandra
green nightshade
speciesSolanum nitidibaccatum
lyreleaf nightshade
speciesSolanum lyratum
Solanum granulosoleprosum
speciesSolanum granulosoleprosum
Cutleaf Nightshade
speciesSolanum triflorum
Solanum bonariense
speciesSolanum bonariense
Solanum pubigerum
speciesSolanum pubigerum
mullein nightshade
speciesSolanum donianum
Solanum nitidum
speciesSolanum nitidum
flannel bush
speciesSolanum lasiophyllum
waxy-leaved nightshade
speciesSolanum glaucophyllum
Fendler's horsenettle
speciesSolanum stoloniferum
velvet potato bush
speciesSolanum lithophilum
Solanum trilobatum
speciesSolanum trilobatum
pepino
speciesSolanum muricatum
currant tomato
speciesSolanum pimpinellifolium
Solanum amygdalifolium
speciesSolanum amygdalifolium
quena
speciesSolanum esuriale
Australian wild tomato
speciesSolanum quadriloculatum
Solanum aligerum
speciesSolanum aligerum
Solanum umbellatum
speciesSolanum umbellatum
marriage vine
speciesSolanum wendlandii
Solanum radicans
speciesSolanum radicans
Solanum inaequilaterum
speciesSolanum inaequilaterum
Dwarf Tamarillo
speciesSolanum abutiloides
tzimbalo
speciesSolanum caripense
Solanum subinerme
speciesSolanum subinerme
Solanum pilcomayense
speciesSolanum pilcomayense
Solanum appendiculatum
speciesSolanum appendiculatum
Solanum interandinum
speciesSolanum interandinum
Cordovense clade
complexSolanum cordovense
Solanum commersonii
speciesSolanum commersonii
Chaco potato
speciesSolanum chacoense
Solanum corymbosum
speciesSolanum corymbosum
wild potato
speciesSolanum jamesii
Solanum stellatiglandulosum
speciesSolanum stellatiglandulosum
sprawling solanum
speciesSolanum ditrichum
Solanum dulcamaroides
speciesSolanum dulcamaroides
Solanum valdiviense
speciesSolanum valdiviense
Solanum chilense
speciesSolanum chilense
Chilean wild potato
speciesSolanum maglia
potatobush
speciesSolanum ellipticum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.636
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.49
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.372
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1242
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.720
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.721
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.718
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.566
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.574
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.888
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.373
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.695
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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 50641.