1.2- Genus Solanum L. + Overview Genus Solanum L., the largest genus in the in the tribe Solaneae, in the subfamily Solanoideae of the family Solanaceae. Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include two food crops of the highest economic importance, the potato and the tomato. It also contains the nightshades and horse nettles, as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit. Solanum species show a wide range of growing habits, such as annual and perennials, vines, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees. Many formerly independent genera like Lycopersicon(the tomatoes) and Cyphomandra are now included in Solanum as subgenera or sections. Thus, the genus today contains about 1,500-2,000species with 1,328 accepted species distributed across the whole world. Phylogenetic analysis of molecular data has established or confirmed that the genera Lycopersicon,Cyphomandra,Normania, and Triguera, which were previously classified independently, should in reality be included within the Solanum. In fact, all the species from these four genera have been formally transferred to Solanum. On the other hand, the genus Lycianthes, which is sometimes included within the Solanum, has been shown to be a separate genus. + Subgenera: 1- Solanum subg. Brevantherum 2- Solanum subg. Leptostemonum 3- Solanum subg. Lyciosolanum 4- Solanum subg. Potatoae 5- Solanum subg. Solanum Source: Solanum- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2- List of Solanum species
The Genus Solanum there may be up to approximately 1500 species worldwide. With some 800 accepted specific and infra-specific taxa of the more than 4,000 described, the genus Solanum contains more species than any other genus in the Solanaceae family and it is one of the largest among the angiosperms. The following alphabetical list of important common Solanum species provides the binomial name followed by the name of the species authority, abbreviated according to the appropriate conventions and uses. 2.1- List of important selected species Note! The tuberous species within the genus (those related to Solanum tuberosum, the potato, and therefore often called wild potatoes) have been indicated with the letter T.
2.2- Ornamental species The species most widely seen in cultivation as ornamental plants are: 1- Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) 2- Solanum capsicastrum (false Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry) 3- Solanum crispum (Chilean potato tree) 4- Solanum laciniatum (kangaroo apple) 5- Solanum laxum (potato vine) 6- Solanum pseudocapsicum (Christmas cherry, winter cherry) 7- Solanum rantonnetii (blue potato bush) 8- Solanum seaforthianum (Italian jasmine, St. Vincent lilac) 9- Solanum wendlandii (paradise flower, potato vine)
2.3- Hibrid taxa (nothospecies) The nothospecies belonging to the genera that are those taxa that have originated from a hybrid between two different species (for example, Solanum × viirsooi, which has been shown to be an interspecific hybrid resulting from the cross between Solanum acaule and Solanum infundibuliforme.) 1- T Solanum × ajanhuiri Juz. & Bukasov. 2- T Solanum × arahuayum Ochoa. 3- T Solanum × blanco-galdosii Ochoa. 4- T Solanum × brucheri Correll. 5- T Solanum × chaucha Juz. & Bukasov 6- T Solanum × curtilobumJuz. & Bukasov 7- T Solanum × edinense Berthault. 8- T Solanum × michoacanum (Bitter) 9- T Solanum × neoweberbaueriWittm.. 10- T Solanum × procurrensA.C.Leslie 11- T Solanum × ruiz-lealiaBrücher 12- T Solanum × sambucinum Rydb. 13- T Solanum × sucrense Hawkes. 14- T Solanum × vallis-mexiciJuz. 15- T Solanum × viirsooi K.A.Okada & A.M.Clausen