Species

Solanum americanum (American black nightshade)

Solanum americanum. Photo: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Solanum americanum, commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Melanesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

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)
        Complex: Solanum nigrum (Black nightshade complex)
        Species: Solanum americanum (American black nightshade)

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