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nightshades and allies
Solanoideae
Solanoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Solanaceae, and is sister to the subfamily Nicotianoideae. Within Solanaceae, Solanoideae contains some of the most economically important genera and species, such as the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), eggplant or aubergine (Solanum melongena), chili and bell peppers (Capsicum), mandrakes (Mandragora), and jimson weeds (Datura).
This subfamily consists of several well-established tribes: Capsiceae, Datureae, Hyoscyameae, Juanulloeae, Lycieae, Nicandreae, Nolaneae, Physaleae, Solandreae, and Solaneae. The subfamily also contains the contended tribes Mandragoreae and Jaboroseae.
11 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
nightshades and jaltomatas
tribeSolaneae
devil's and angel's trumpets
tribeDatureae
groundcherries, lanterns, and allies
tribePhysaleae
peppers and lycianthes
tribeCapsiceae
boxthorns and allies
tribeLycieae
henbanes and allies
tribeHyoscyameae
shoo-fly plant and allies
tribeNicandreae
Chilean bellflowers
tribeNolaneae
chalice vines
tribeSolandreae
mandrakes
tribeMandragoreae
jaborosas
tribeJaboroseae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 634936.