Solanaceae

Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. The family contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many members of the family have high alkaloid contents, making some highly toxic, but many—such as tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and peppers—are commonly used in food.

thumb|170px|Illustration of Schizanthus grahamii from [[Curtis’s Botanical Magazine]]

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Leucophysalis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Leptoglossis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Hunzikeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Schwenckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Central America and South America, and with one species, S. americana, a widespread weed in Africa. In the title of the generic description Linnaeus wrote "Schwenkia" but gave the binomial of the type species as Schwenckia americana, while quoting Dav. van Royen as the author.

Combera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Grammosolen is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Salpichroa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Melananthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Cuatresia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Benthamiella is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Patagonia in southern South America. Its species have been described as "attractive, small, cushion plants".

Duckeodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae represented by a single species, Duckeodendron cestroides. A tree reaching 15 to 30 m, it is found in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Its common names include pincel-de-macaco and pupunharana. João Geraldo Kuhlmann described it in 1925 and named it for the collector, Adolpho Ducke.

Schultesianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Witheringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, with a neotropical distribution. It is closely related to Physalis.

Hawkesiophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also in Solanoideae subfamily, Tribe Solandreae Miers and also Subtribe Juanulloinae.

Brachistus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family,Solanaceae.

Discopodium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Exodeconus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Merinthopodium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Dunalia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Eriolarynx is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, found in Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. Their trumpet-shaped flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds, and to a lesser extent, bees.

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Henoonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Henoonia myrtifolia. It is native to Cuba. It is a stiff bush, with a whitish bark, red-pubescent branches, alternate papery leaves of 3.0-3.8 cm long and 1.0-1.3 cm wide that grow from thickened nodes, with a very short leafstalk, shortly spade-shaped to oblong, the tip sharp or pointed, margin entire, veined, glabrous above, initially with soft rufous felty hair below but becoming glabrous with age except near the main vein. The rufous, velvety calyx of 2.5 mm long consists of 5 sepals,

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thumb|upright|The so-called "female" and "male" mandrakes, from a 1583 illustration thumb|The flowers of [[Mandragora officinarum]] thumb|A carved mandrake root, 16th or 17th century (Wellcome Collection)

Dyssochroma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

Sclerophylax is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 12 species native to southern South America, including Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.

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Metternichia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. For a long time the only species was Metternichia principis ., but recently a second species, M. macrocalyx (Carvalho) L.S.de Souza was recognised.

Nectouxia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Nectouxia formosa. It is in the Solanoideae subfamily and in Subtribe Salpichroinae, which is a subtribe of Physaleae.

Crenidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

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Espadaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Espadaea amoena.

Plowmania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Plowmania nyctaginoides.

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Heteranthia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Heteranthia decipiens. It is a subshrub native to eastern Brazil.

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Pantacantha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Pantacantha ameghinoi.

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Latua pubiflora (common name in Spanish: árbol de los brujos, tree of the sorcerers) is the single species of the monotypic genus Latua, endemic to the coastal mountains of southern Chile. A shrub or small tree to 10 m in height, bearing attractive, magenta-to-red, hummingbird-pollinated flowers, it is extremely poisonous – hallucinogenic (deliriant) in smaller doses – due to tropane alkaloid content and is used by Chilean machi (shamans) of the Mapuche–Huilliche people in traditional medicine, as a poison and to enter trance states. Its elegant flowers and yellow tomato-like fruit are at

Protoschwenkia mandonii is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is the sole species in genus Protoschwenkia. It is a subshrub native to Bolivia.

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Tsoala is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is currently placed (tentatively) in subfamily Goetzeoideae.

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Atrichodendron is a genus of flowering plants previously considered to belong to the Solanaceae family. With the publication of APG IV, it is no longer considered part of Solanaceae, and its correct phylogenetic placement is uncertain.

Coeloneurum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It contains a single species, Coeloneurum ferrugineum, a shrub or tree endemic to Hispaniola.

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