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Solanales. 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.
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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.
Mar 6, 2024 · Solanaceae, the nightshade, or potato, family of flowering plants (order Solanales ), with 102 genera and about 2,280 species, many of considerable economic importance as food and drug plants.
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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.
Solanaceae belongs to the order Solanales, which also includes Convolvulaceae (morning glory family) and Montiniaceae. Within the Solanaceae family, there are five subfamilies: Cestroideae, Nicotianoideae, Solanoideae, Petunioideae, and Schizanthoideae.
Sep 22, 2021 · Assigned to Solanales order in the APG IV classification (Stevens 2015), along with Convolvulaceae, Hydroleaceae, Montiniaceae, and Sphenocleaceae, Solanaceae are considered a monophyletic group based on chloroplast DNA restriction (Olmstead and Palmer 1992). It is the largest plant family after Poaceae and Fabaceae and, as typical of large ...
