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- This is a list of species in the plant genus Solanum. There may be as many as 1,500 species worldwide.
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There may be as many as 1,500 species worldwide. With some 1240 accepted specific and infra-specific taxa of the more than 4,000 described, the genus Solanum contains more species than any other genus in the family Solanaceae and it is one of the largest among the angiosperms.
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.
Solanum has a global distribution, marked by the black line on the world map. Within this range are several hotspots of high species diversity, indicated by red shading. Habitats. Within their range, Solanum species occupy a huge diversity of habitats, from some of the wettest forests in the world to the driest deserts.
A total of 1,466 specimens of Solanaceae from the Natural History Museum London (BM) are now available within SpeciesLink , integrating the specialist database for the nightshade family with Brazil's digitally available collection data. More news and events.
Called the nightshade family or the potato family, Solanaceae has more than 90 genera and nearly 3,000 species distributed throughout the world. Its members are characterized by flowers with five petals, sepals, and stamens and typically bear alternate leaves. Many species contain toxic alkaloids.
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Members of the Solanaceae family are found throughout the world but are most abundant and widely distributed in the tropical regions of Latin America, where about 40 genera are endemic. Very few members are found in temperate regions, and only about 50 species are found in the United States and Canada combined.
The Solanaceae consists of about 98 genera and some 2,700 species, with a great diversity of habitats, morphology and ecology. The name Solanaceae derives from the genus Solanum. The etymology of the Latin word is unclear. The name may come from a perceived resemblance of certain solanaceous flowers to the sun and its rays.
