Contains 15 genera and 60 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
SOLANACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
SOLANALES
SOLANACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browallia | BROWALLIA | 1 | ||
| Brugmansia | BRUGMANSIA | 1 | ||
| Calibrachoa | CALIBRACHOA | 1 | ||
| Calliphysalis | 1 | |||
| Capsicum | PEPPER | 2 | ||
| Cestrum | JESSAMINE | 3 | ||
| Datura | JIMSONWEED | 4 | ||
| Hyoscyamus | HENBANE | 1 | ||
| Lycium | DESERT-THORN | 1 | ||
| Nicandra | NICANDRA | 1 | ||
| Nicotiana | TOBACCO | 4 | ||
| Petunia | PETUNIA | 1 | ||
| Physalis | GROUNDCHERRY | 9 | ||
| Salpichroa | SALPICHROA | 1 | ||
| Solanum | NIGHTSHADE | 29 |
[Family identification key]
1. Fruits berries, sometimes hardened
1. Fruits capsules
1. (Key A) Corolla >15 cm long
1. Corolla <16 cm long
2
2. Inflorescence of of panicles or cymose, subumbellate, to umbellate clusters
3
2. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or in fascicles of 2-8
4
3. Inflorescence of panicles; corolla tubular
3. Inflorescence of cymose, subumbellate, to umbellate clusters; corolla rotate, campanulate, to stellate
4. Shrubs; leaves linear-spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, succulent
4. Herbs or shrubs; leaves chartaceous, not linear
5
5. Calyx not enclosing the fruit
6
5. Calxy accrescent and more than double in size in fruit, partly to completely enclosing the fruit, the major ribs of the fruit formed from the sepal lobe midribs and sometimes with a distinct rib forming between the sepal lobes
7
6. Erect herb or shrub; flower and fruit 1-8 at a node; corolla rotate to campanulate
6. Sprawling, scandent, or vine-like herb; flower and fruit solitary at the node; corolla urceolate
7. Calyx lobes with sagittate to cordate base, the lobes accrescent and surrounding the fruit
7. Calyx lobes lacking lobed bases, the calyx tube accrescent and surrounding the fruit
8
8. Plants tap-rooted perennials, 60-75(100) cm tall; flowers and fruits in fascicles of 2-6; fruitng calyx not inflated
8. Plants tap-rooted annuals or rhizomatous perennials, 5-200 cm tall; flowers and fruits solitary; fruiting calyx inflated
1. (Key B) Shrub or small tree; leaf blade to 40 cm long; corolla >15 cm long
1. Herbs or shrubs; leaf blade to 22 cm long; corolla <16 cm long
2
2. Leaves 2-6(10) mm long
2. Leaves 1-22 cm long
3
3. Corollas with 5 long-acuminate lobes; fruits sometimes with prickles or tubercles
3. Corolla lobes not long-acuminate; fruits withoug prickles or tubercles
4
4. Leaf blade margins toothed or lobed; fruit circumscissile fruit
4. Leaf blade margins generally entire; fruit with 2-4 valves
5
5. Corolla bilaterally symmetric; stamens 4, sometimes 5; calyx enclosing fruit
5. Corolla bilaterally or radially symmetric; stamens 5
6
6. Flowers and fruits in cymose, pseudoracemose, or pseudoglomerulate clusters; calyx lobes deltate or triangular
6. Flowers and fruits solitary; calyx lobes linear