The Solanaceae (/ˌsɒləˈneɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/), or the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas...
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Datura (category Solanaceae genera)
poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also...
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Physalis (category Solanaceae genera)
of approximately 75 to 90 flowering plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), which are native to the Americas and Australasia. At least 46 species...
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Tropane alkaloids occur naturally in many members of the plant family Solanaceae. Certain tropane alkaloids such as cocaine and scopolamine are notorious...
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belladonna, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes and aubergine (eggplant). It is...
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poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its likely origin was in Central America, and it has been introduced...
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Duckeodendraceae (now treated as a synonym of Solanaceae) Family Nolanaceae (now treated as a synonym of Solanaceae) Family Cuscutaceae (now treated as a synonym...
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Petunia (category Solanaceae genera)
hybrida). Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily...
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Cyphomandra was a formerly accepted genus in the plant family Solanaceae (the nightshades and relative). It used to contain about 35 species native to...
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somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, is an evergreen shrub in the Solanaceae or nightshade family that grows in Nepal, India, the Middle East, and...
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Potato (category Edible Solanaceae)
of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern...
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night-scented cestrum or poisonberry, is a species of plant in the potato family Solanaceae. It is native to the West Indies, but naturalized in South Asia. Despite...
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"Phylogeny and provisional classification of the Solanaceae based on chloroplast DNA." Solanaceae IV 1.1 (1999): 1-137. https://www.researchgate...
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Nicotiana (category Solanaceae genera)
-ˈɑːnə, -ˈænə/) is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Solanaceae, that is indigenous to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and...
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plant belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile. Salpiglossis sinuata is an annual or short-lived...
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Capsicum (category Solanaceae genera)
(/ˈkæpsɪkəm/) is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit,...
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ZA), or baigan (IN, GY) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Solanum melongena is grown worldwide for its edible fruit. Most commonly...
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Mandragora (genus) (category Solanaceae genera)
Mandragora is a plant genus belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Members of the genus are known as mandrakes. Between three and five species...
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the type species of the plant genus Mandragora in the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is often known as mandrake, although this name is also used for other...
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Brugmansia (category Solanaceae genera)
a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines...
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petunia or white moon petunia, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia. It is native to temperate South America. The plant's flowers...
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capsicoides, the cockroach berry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions...
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Petunioideae is a subfamily within the family Solanaceae. It was published by Robert Folger Thorne and James Lauritz Reveal on the 29th of June 2007. It...
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subfamily Solanoideae, under the very large and diverse nightshade family (Solanaceae). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 book Species Plantarum...
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poisonous plant belonging to tribe Hyoscyameae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. Henbane is native to temperate Europe and Siberia, and naturalised in...
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the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of...
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tribe of flowering plants in the subfamily Solanoideae of the family Solanaceae. It comprises three genera: Datura, the Devil's trumpets, Brugmansia,...
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Solanum lycocarpum (category Edible Solanaceae)
and technological characteristics of Solanum lycocarpum A. St. HILL (Solanaceae) fruit flour and starch". Food Research International, volume 44, issue...
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Lycopersicon was a genus in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshades and relatives). It contained about 13 species in the tomato group of...
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plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. Chili peppers are widely used in many...
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