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The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order. Taxonomy. Under the older Cronquist system, the latter three families were placed elsewhere, and a number of others were included:
The Solanaceae ( / ˌsɒləˈneɪsi.iː, - ˌaɪ / ), [2] or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.
Solanales, potato order of flowering plants, including five families with 165 genera and more than 4,080 species. Two of the families are large and contain some of the most highly cultivated plants: Solanaceae (nightshades) and Convolvulaceae (morning glories). Solanales belongs to the core asterid.
Sep 22, 2021 · Among angiosperm families, the Solanaceae is one of the most important one to human beings and has extensive economic importance, mainly as a food source. It is distributed in all continents except Antarctica and the greatest concentration of diversity is in Central...
- Riccardo Motti
- motti@unina.it
- 2021
Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Solanales order, characterized by five-petaled flowers, typically conical or funnelform, and alternate or alternate to opposite leaves, and including some of the more important food and drug -producing plants, including potato, tomato, eggplant, tobacco, chili pepper, and deadly nightshade.
Families, genera and species in the flowering plant order Solanales, as circumscribed by the APG IV system (2016).
The family is characterized by solitary or clustered flowers with sepals and petals, five in number and fused; five stamens; and a superior ovary (i.e., one situated above the attachment point of the other flower parts), composed of two fused carpels (ovule-bearing segments) and obliquely placed in the flower upon a basal disk of tissue.
