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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Solanum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Solanum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Solanales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829. common name: Polemoniales       Subordo  Solanineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 180. Mai 1898.       Familia  Solanaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 124. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Potatos, tomato, peppers       Subfamilia  Solanoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 939. Apr-Dec 1834.       Tribus  Solaneae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 24. 1829.       Subtribus  Solaninae Dunal in DC. pub. Prodr. 13(1): 4, 23. 10 Mai 1852.       Genus  Solanum L. pub. (1753) common name: nightshade

Named members of the Genus Solanum

1	Species  aculeastrum Dunal common name: sodaapple nightshade
2	Species  aculeatissimum sensu Schulz, non Jacq. syn. Solanum capsicoides
3	Species  adscendens Sendtner common name: sonoita nightshade
4	Species  aethiopicum L. common name: Ethiopian nightshade
5	Species  alatum Moench syn. Solanum villosum
6	Species  americanum P. Mill.
	7    Varietas  baylisii D'Arcy syn. Solanum nigrescens 8    Varietas  nodiflorum (Jacq.) Edmonds syn. Solanum americanum 9    Varietas  patulum (L.) Edmonds syn. Solanum americanum
10	Species  antillarum O.E. Schulz syn. Solanum nudum
11	Species  auriculatum Ait. syn. Solanum mauritianum
12	Species  aviculare G. Forst. common name: New Zealand nightshade
13	Species  bahamense L.
	14    Varietas  bahamense common name: Bahama nightshade 15    Varietas  luxurians D'Arcy common name: Bahama nightshade 16    Varietas  rugelii D'Arcy common name: Rugel's nightshade
17	Species  blodgettii Chapman syn. Solanum donianum
18	Species  bulbocastanum Dunal common name: ornamental nightshade
19	Species  burbankii Bitter common name: wonderberry
20	Species  californicum Dunal syn. Solanum umbelliferum var. incanum
21	Species  campechiense L. common name: redberry nightshade
22	Species  capsicastrum Link ex Schauer common name: false Jerusalem cherry
23	Species  capsicoides All. common name: cockroach berry
24	Species  cardiophyllum Lindl. common name: heaftleaf horsenettle
25	Species  caribaeum Dunal syn. Solanum americanum
26	Species  carolinense L. common name: Carolina nightshade, horse nettle
	27    Varietas  carolinense common name: Carolina horsenettle 28    Varietas  floridanum (Shuttlw. ex Dunal) Chapman common name: Florida horsenettle 29    Varietas  hirsutum (Nutt.) Gray common name: Carolina horsenettle
30	Species  chenopodioides Lam. common name: goosefoot nightshade
31	Species  ciliatum Lam. syn. Solanum capsicoides
32	Species  citrullifolium A. Braun
	33    Varietas  citrullifolium common name: watermelon nightshade 34    Varietas  setigerum Bartlett common name: watermelon nightshade
35	Species  clokeyi Munz common name: Clokey's nightshade
36	Species  commersonii Dunal ex Poiret common name: Commerson's nightshade
37	Species  conocarpum Dunal common name: marron bacoba
38	Species  cornutum auct. non Lam. syn. Solanum rostratum
39	Species  davisense M.D. Whalen common name: Davis horsenettle
40	Species  deflexum Greenm. syn. Solanum adscendens
41	Species  demissum Lindley common name: nightshade
42	Species  dimidiatum Raf. common name: western horsenettle
43	Species  diphyllum L. common name: twoleaf nightshade
44	Species  donianum Walp. common name: mullein nightshade
45	Species  douglasii Dunal common name: greenspot nightshade
46	Species  drymophilum O.E. Schulz common name: erubia
47	Species  dulcamara L. common name: common nightshade
	48    Varietas  dulcamara common name: climbing nightshade 49    Varietas  villosissimum Desv. common name: climbing nightshade
50	Species  elaeagnifolium Cav. common name: silverleaf nightshade
51	Species  erianthum D. Don
	52    Varietas  adulterinum (Hamilton ex G. Don) Baker & Simmonds syn. Solanum erianthum
53	Species  fendleri Gray ex Torr.
	54    Varietas  fendleri common name: Fendler's horsenettle 55    Varietas  texense Correll common name: Texan horsenettle
56	Species  ferox L. common name: nightshade
57	Species  ficifolium Ortega syn. Solanum torvum
58	Species  fistulosum Dunal ex Poir. syn. Solanum americanum
59	Species  floridanum Shuttlw. ex Dunal syn. Solanum carolinense var. floridanum
60	Species  gayanum (Remy) Phil. f. common name: Chilean nightshade
61	Species  gilo Raddi common name: gilo
62	Species  glaucophyllum Desf. common name: waxyleaf nightshade
63	Species  glaucum Dunal syn. Solanum glaucophyllum
64	Species  godfreyi Shinners syn. Solanum carolinense var. floridanum
65	Species  gracile Dunal syn. Solanum chenopodioides
66	Species  gracilius Herter common name: slender nightshade
67	Species  guanicense Urban syn. Solanum campechiense
68	Species  haleakalaense St. John syn. Solanum incompletum
69	Species  hermannii Dunal syn. Solanum americanum
70	Species  heterodoxum Dunal
	71    Varietas  heterodoxum common name: melonleaf nightshade 72    Varietas  novomexicanum Bartlett common name: New Mexican nightshade 73    Varietas  setigeroides M.D. Whalen common name: melonleaf nightshade
74	Species  hillebrandii St. John syn. Solanum sandwicense
75	Species  hindsianum Benth. common name: Hinds' nightshade
76	Species  houstonii Dunel 1813, non Martyn 1807 syn. Solanum tampicense
77	Species  hyporhodium A. Braun & Bouche common name: cocona
78	Species  incanum L. common name: nightshade
79	Species  incompletum Dunal
	80    Varietas  glabratum Hbd. syn. Solanum incompletum 81    Varietas  mauiense Hbd. syn. Solanum incompletum
82	Species  interius Rydb. common name: deadly nightshade
83	Species  intrusum Soria syn. Solanum melanocerasum
84	Species  jamaicense P. Mill. common name: Jamaican nightshade
85	Species  jamesii Torr. common name: wild potato
86	Species  jasminoides Paxton common name: jasmine nightshade, potato vine
87	Species  kavaiense Hbd. syn. Solanum sandwicense
88	Species  khasianum C. B. Clarke common name: nightshade
89	Species  laciniatum Ait. syn. Solanum aviculare
90	Species  lanceifolium Jacq. common name: lanceleaf nightshade
91	Species  lanceolatum Cav. common name: orangeberry nightshade
92	Species  leptosepalum Correll common name: tigna potato
93	Species  linnaeanum Hepper & Jaeger syn. Solanum americanum
94	Species  lumholtzianum Bartlett common name: Sonoran nightshade
95	Species  luteum P. Mill.
	96    Subspecies  alatum (Moench) Dost�l syn. Solanum villosum
97	Species  lycopersicum L.
	98    Varietas  cerasiforme (Dunal) Spooner, J. Anderson & R.K. Jans common name: garden tomato 99    Varietas  lycopersicum common name: garden tomato
100	Species  macrocarpon L. common name: nightshade
101	Species  mammosum L. common name: nipplefruit
102	Species  marginatum L. f. common name: purple African nightshade
103	Species  mauritianum Scop. common name: earleaf nightshade
104	Species  melanocerasum All. common name: garden huckleberry
105	Species  melongena L. common name: eggplant, Japanese eggplant, nasu  (Japanese)
106	Species  mucronatum O.E. Schulz common name: pepino
107	Species  muricatum Aiton common name: pepino
108	Species  nelsonii Dunal
	109    Varietas  thomasiifolium Seem. syn. Solanum nelsonii
110	Species  nigrescens Mart. & Gal. common name: divine nightshade
111	Species  nigrum L. common name: black nightshade
	112    Varietas  americanum (P. Mill.) O.E. Schulz syn. Solanum americanum 113    Varietas  douglasii (Dunal) Gray syn. Solanum douglasii 114    Varietas  villosum L. syn. Solanum villosum 115    Varietas  virginicum L. syn. Solanum americanum
116	Species  nodiflorum Jacq. syn. Solanum americanum
117	Species  nudum Kunth ex Dunal common name: forest nightshade
118	Species  ottonis auct. non Hyl. syn. Solanum chenopodioides
119	Species  parishii Heller common name: Parish's nightshade
120	Species  perplexum Small syn. Solanum dimidiatum
121	Species  persicifolium Dunal common name: berengena de playa  (Mexico)
122	Species  peruvianum L. common name: Peruvian nightshade
123	Species  phureja Juz. & Buk. common name: nightshade
124	Species  physalifolium Rusby
	125    Varietas  nitidibaccatum (Bitter) Edmonds syn. Solanum physalifolium
126	Species  pimpinellifolium Jusl. common name: currant tomato
127	Species  pinnatisectum Dunal common name: tansyleaf nightshade
128	Species  polygamum Vahl common name: cakalaka berry
129	Species  pseudocapsicum L. common name: Jerusalem cherry
130	Species  pseudogracile Heiser common name: glowing nightshade
131	Species  ptychanthum Dunal common name: West Indian nightshade
132	Species  puberulum Nutt. ex Seem. syn. Solanum viride
133	Species  pyrifolium Lam.
134	Species  quitoense Lam. common name: naranjilla
135	Species  racemosum Jacq. common name: canker berry
136	Species  rantonnettii Carriere ex Lescuy. syn. Lycianthes rantonnettii
137	Species  riedlei Dunal common name: Riedle's nightshade
138	Species  robustum Wendl. common name: shrubby nightshade
139	Species  rostratum Dunal common name: buffalobur nightshade, kansas thistle
140	Species  rubrum auct. non L. syn. Solanum nigrum
141	Species  rugosum Dunal common name: tabacon aspero
142	Species  sandwicense Hook. & Arn. common name: Hawai'i horsenettle
143	Species  sarrachoides auct. non Sendtner syn. Solanum physalifolium
144	Species  seaforthianum Andr. common name: Brazilian nightshade
145	Species  sessiliflorum Dunal common name: cocona
146	Species  sisymbriifolium Lam. common name: sticky nightshade
147	Species  sodomeum auct. non L. syn. Solanum americanum
148	Species  sublobatum auct. non Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schult syn. Solanum gracilius
149	Species  surattense Burm.
150	Species  tampicense Dunal common name: scrambling nightshade
151	Species  tenuilobatum Parish common name: San Diego nightshade
152	Species  tenuipes Bartlett
	153    Varietas  latisectum M.D. Whalen common name: fancy nightshade 154    Varietas  tenuipes common name: fancy nightshade
155	Species  topiro Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal syn. Solanum sessiliflorum
156	Species  torreyi Gray syn. Solanum dimidiatum
157	Species  torvum Sw. common name: turkey berry
158	Species  triflorum Nutt. common name: cutleaf nightshade
159	Species  triquetrum Cav. common name: Texas nightshade
160	Species  tuberosum L. common name: Irish potato
161	Species  umbelliferum Eschsch.
	162    Varietas  glabrescens Torr. common name: bluewitch 163    Varietas  incanum Torr. common name: bluewitch 164    Varietas  umbelliferum common name: bluewitch nightshade
165	Species  verbascifolium auct. non L. syn. Solanum erianthum
166	Species  viarum Dunal common name: tropical soda apple
167	Species  villosum (L.) P. Mill.
168	Species  viride G. Forst. ex Spreng. common name: green nightshade
169	Species  wallacei (Gray) Parish
	170    Subspecies  clokeyi (Munz) Thorne syn. Solanum clokeyi 171    Varietas  clokeyi (Munz) McMinn syn. Solanum clokeyi
172	Species  wendlandii Hook. f. common name: giant potatocreeper
173	Species  woodburyi Howard common name: Woodbury's nightshade
174	Species  xanti Gray common name: violet nightshade
	175    Varietas  glabrescens Parish common name: chaparral nightshade 176    Varietas  hoffmannii Munz common name: Hoffmann's nightshade 177    Varietas  intermedium Parish common name: chaparral nightshade 178    Varietas  montanum Munz common name: chaparral nightshade 179    Varietas  obispoense (Eastw.) Wiggins common name: San Luis Obispo nightshade 180    Varietas  xanti common name: chaparral nightshade

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