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Solanum

thumb|Unripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

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Solanum is a large genus of plants in the nightshade family that includes many species we eat and use, most famously the tomato shown here. The genus matters because it provides important food crops worldwide, though some wild species in the group can be toxic.

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Taxonomy · GBIF

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSolanales
FamilySolanaceae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Solaneae
Image: Starr 020323-0062 Solanum seaforthianum.jpg

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Article

63 sections

Contents

Name
Species having the common name "nightshade"
Taxonomy
Subgenus ''Bassovia''
Section ''Allophylla''
Section ''Cyphomandropsis''
Section ''Pachyphylla''
Subgenus ''Leptostemonum''
Section ''Acanthophora''
Section ''Androceras''
Section ''Anisantherum''
Section ''Campanulata''
Section ''Crinitum''
Section ''Croatianum''
Section ''Erythrotrichum''
Section ''Graciliflorum''
Section ''Herposolanum''
Section ''Irenosolanum''
Section ''Ischyracanthum''
Section ''Lasiocarpa''
Section ''Melongena''
Section ''Micracantha''
Section ''Monodolichopus''
Section ''Nycterium''
Section ''Oliganthes''
Section ''Persicariae''
Section ''Polytrichum''
Section ''Pugiunculifera''
Section ''Somalanum''
Section ''Torva''
Subgenus ''Lyciosolanum''
Subgenus ''Solanum''
Section ''Afrosolanum''
Section ''Anarrhichomenum''
Section ''Archaesolanum''
Section ''Basarthrum''
Section ''Benderianum''
Section ''Brevantherum''
Section ''Dulcamara''
Section ''Herpystichum''
Section ''Holophylla''
Section ''Juglandifolia''
Section ''Lemurisolanum''
Section ''Lycopersicoides''
Section ''Lycopersicon''
Section ''Macronesiotes''
Section ''Normania''
Section ''Petota''
Section ''Pteroidea''
Section ''Quadrangulare''
Section ''Regmandra''
Section ''Solanum''
Notable species not otherwise placed
Formerly placed here
Phylogeny
Ecology
Toxicity
Uses
Ornamentals
Medicine
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|Unripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae, comprising around 1,500 species. It also contains the so-called horse nettles (unrelated to the genus of true nettles, Urtica), as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit.