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Genus

Solanum (Nightshades)

Solanum mauritianum. Photo: (c) ronavery, some rights reserved (CC BY)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
      • Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
        • Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
          • Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
            • Order: Solanales (Nightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies)
              • Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
                • Subfamily: Solanoideae (Nightshades and allies)
                  • Tribe: Solaneae (Nightshades and jaltomatas)
                    • Genus: Solanum (Nightshades)
                      • Species: Solanum xanti (Purple nightshade)
                      • Species: Solanum umbelliferum (Bluewitch nightshade)
                      • Species: Solanum muricatum (Pepino)
                      • Species: Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)
                      • Subgenus: Archaesolanum (1)
                      • Complex: Solanum nigrum (Black nightshade complex) (2)

Subtaxa

Species: Solanum xanti (Purple nightshade)

Species: Solanum umbelliferum (Bluewitch nightshade)

Species: Solanum muricatum (Pepino)

Species: Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

Subgenus: Archaesolanum

Complex: Solanum nigrum (Black nightshade complex)

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