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This Jekyll website, solanaceae (Staging), makes use of a theme and biodiversity widgets developed by the GBIF network. You can find information on editing this site and more on gbif/hosted-portals It includes information on the taxonomy and distribution of all members of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
Triguera Cav. Unripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum ( tomato) Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae, comprising around 1,500 species.
Distribution: Solanum commersonii is widely distributed in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina; sandy dunes near the coast, dense grasslands, in woods (low woods as well as among Araucaria angustifolia and palm trees, Butia yatay) at the foot of low hills, sea shore, in harvested fields and roadsides; from sea level to 400 m.
Phenology: Solanum corneliomulleri flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year, but there is a distinct flowering peak in March to April. Phylogeny: Solanum corneliomulleri is a member of the Potato clade (sensu Weese & Bohs, 2007); within the tomatoes and wild relatives it is a member of the “Eriopersicon group” and is a member of ...
Uses of Solanaceae. The plant family Solanaceae provides many products used by human beings for food, drugs and enjoyment. The family includes edible species such as the potato, tomato, and eggplant (aubergine) and a host of minor fruit crops. Medicinal plants such as deadly nightshade, jimson weed, tobacco, and henbane are the sources of drugs ...
The Solanaceae consist of herbs, shrubs, trees, or lianas, with prickles present in some taxa, many with stellate trichomes. The leaves are simple, pinnate, or ternate, usually spiral and exstipulate. The inflorescence is of solitary flowers or cyme units. The flowers are bisexual, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic.
Among angiosperm families, the Solanaceae is one of the most important one to human beings and has extensive economic impor-tance, mainly as a food source. It is distributed in all continents except Antarctica and the greatest concentration of diversity is in Cen-tral and South America. Many of the eco-nomically important crops in the world ...
