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Solanum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 184 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000035688.

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Synonyms of Solanum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Solanum abyssinicum Jacq. ex Vitman Summa Pl. 1: 492. 1789.. wfo-0001025658
Solanum acanthifolium Aubl. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 255. 1852. wfo-0001025663
Solanum acanthocarpum Rantonnet REv. Hort. [Paris] 1867: 290. 1867. wfo-0001025665
Solanum acuminatum Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 139. 1852. wfo-0001025730
Solanum acuminatum var. acuminatum – – — wfo-0001025731
Solanum acutosepalum Rusby Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 114. 1920. wfo-0001025738
Solanum aethiopoides Cav. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 669. 1819. wfo-0001025771
Solanum ampliracemosum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001025901
Solanum apiculatibaccatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 141. 1913 wfo-0001026269
Solanum aracatscha Besser Cat. Hort. Cremeneci 135. 1816. wfo-0001026289
Solanum arboreum Teijsm. & Binn. T. & Binn., Meded. Lands Plantentuin 19: 547.. wfo-0001026297
Solanum astroites G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr. 89. 1786. wfo-0001026372
Solanum atrosanguineum Hort. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 243. 1852. wfo-0001026394
Solanum auriculatum Sendtn. – — wfo-0001026414
Solanum auriculatum Lam. – — wfo-0001026415
Solanum berteroi Hort.Par. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 601. 1841. wfo-0001026528
Solanum besserianum Weinm. Elench. Hort. Pawlowsk. 100. 1824. wfo-0001026533
Solanum binderianum Sch.Bip. ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 372. 1892. — wfo-0001026571
Solanum bolivarense Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 369. 1947. wfo-0001026605
Solanum bombense Banks ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 271. 1852. wfo-0001026611
Solanum bondjorum A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afrique Centr. Franç. 1: 216. 1913. wfo-0001026627
Solanum brevipes Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 203. 1852. wfo-0001026665
Solanum brisbanense (Geras.) Geras. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 273. 1971 ['1970']. wfo-0001026675
Solanum calicarpum Hort.Berol. & A.Braun Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. App. 10. wfo-0001026750
Solanum callicarpifolium Rusby, Whalen & M.Nee – — wfo-0001026757
Solanum cardiospermum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 84. 1791. wfo-0001026869
Solanum cestrifolium Jacq. ex Weinm. Elench. Hort. Pawlowsk. 100. 1824 — wfo-0001026941
Solanum chrysobotrys Hort.Berol. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 3: 100. 1844. wfo-0001027046
Solanum cirsioides A.Chev. Expl. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 461. 1920. wfo-0001027083
Solanum coeruleum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 84. 1791. wfo-0001027140
Solanum corymbosum Banks ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 347. 1852. wfo-0001027266
Solanum corymbosum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 84. 1791. wfo-0001027268
Solanum corymbosum var. corymbosum – – — wfo-0001027269
Solanum cubense Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 379. 1852. wfo-0001027322
Solanum cymosum Herrera Contr. Fl. Dept. Cuzco 2: 163. 1921. wfo-0001027373
Solanum diphyllum Osbeck Voy. China 1: 328. 1771. D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 96. 1825. wfo-0001027595
Solanum dissimile Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 366. 1947. — wfo-0001027608
Solanum domesticum A.Chev. Expl. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 472. 1920. wfo-0001027632
Solanum duplosinuatum Hort. Gartenflora 43: 96. 1894. wfo-0001027728
Solanum duplosinuatum var. duplosinuatum – – — wfo-0001027729
Solanum edentatum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 373. 1947. wfo-0001027754
Solanum edinense subsp. edinense – – — wfo-0001027755
Solanum erlansonii Bukasov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. A., Socialist. Rastiniev. 36: 83. 1936. wfo-0001027842
Solanum felinum Bitter ex Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 372. 1947. — wfo-0001027921
Solanum ferox L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 267. 1762. wfo-0001027935
Solanum ferox Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 56. 1768. wfo-0001027936
Solanum ferox var. ferox – – — wfo-0001027938
Solanum ficifolium Pav. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 350. 1852. wfo-0001027947
Solanum filiforme Pav. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 431. 1852. wfo-0001027953
Solanum filiforme var. filiforme – – — wfo-0001027954
Solanum floccosum Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 337. 1841. wfo-0001027986
Solanum formosanum Glaz. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58, Mem. 3f: 498. 1911. wfo-0001028011
Solanum glandulosum Sendtn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 52. 1846. wfo-0001028140
Solanum gracile Otto ex W.Baxter Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 2, Suppl.: 639 1850. wfo-0001028196
Solanum guatemalense Grelech ex Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 628. 1911. — wfo-0001028261
Solanum gussonei Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 380. 1852. wfo-0001028276
Solanum hendecandrifolium Klotzsch Reise Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1154. 1849. wfo-0001028345
Solanum heterophyllum Nakai Enum. Pl. Corea (Mori) 310. 1922. wfo-0001028379
Solanum hoepfnerianum Vatke ex Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 236. 1926. wfo-0001028433
Solanum hoepfnerianum Vatke ex Heering & Grimme Untersuch. Weiderverhältn. Deutsch.-Südwestafr. 32. 1911. — wfo-0001028434
Solanum hystrix Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 296. 1852. wfo-0001028517
Solanum implicatum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001028537
Solanum impressivenium Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 378. 1947. wfo-0001028538
Solanum inaequilaterum Rusby Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 24 [preprint]: 439. 1919. wfo-0001028544
Solanum kavanayense Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 382. 1947. wfo-0001028840
Solanum lentum Griseb. () wfo-0001029023
Solanum linearifolium Parish – — wfo-0001029092
Solanum longipilum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 381. 1947. wfo-0001029137
Solanum luffocarpum A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afrique Centr. Franç. 1: 217. 1913. wfo-0001029158
Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum – – — wfo-0001029221
Solanum macmillanii Bukasov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. A., Socialist. Rastiniev. 36: 83. 1936. wfo-0001029242
Solanum mammosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 162. 1790. wfo-0001029337
Solanum mantenangense Coult. ex Donn.Sm. Enum. Pl. Guatem. 5: 108. 1899. wfo-0001029361
Solanum martinezii Bukasov Theor. Pl. Breed. (Vavilov) 3: 73. 1937. wfo-0001029397
Solanum melongena Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2628. 1831. wfo-0001029465
Solanum micranthum Hort.Monsp. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 430. 1852. wfo-0001029540
Solanum minutum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 379. 1947. wfo-0001029586
Solanum montanum Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 2: 32. 1799. wfo-0001029631
Solanum montivagum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 379. 1947. wfo-0001029639
Solanum multirameum Pittier Supl. Pl. Usual. Venez. 56. 1939. wfo-0001029700
Solanum ndellense A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afrique Centr. Franç. 1: 217. 1913. wfo-0001029750
Solanum obtusifrons Bitter ex Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez 2: 371. 1947. wfo-0001030019
Solanum oleraceum Rich. () wfo-0001030063
Solanum ombrophilum Pittier Supl. Pl. Usuales Venez. 56. 1939. — wfo-0001030084
Solanum pascuorum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 369. 1947. wfo-0001030249
Solanum pectinatum Gillies ex Nees Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 385. 1843. wfo-0001030280
Solanum pendulirameum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001030295
Solanum pendulum Welw. – — wfo-0001030296
Solanum pendulum Schott ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 76. 1852 wfo-0001030297
Solanum perfidum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 369. 1947. wfo-0001030322
Solanum phureja var. erlansonii (Bukasov & Lechn.) Ochoa Potatoes of S. Amer.: Bolivia 330. 1990. wfo-0001030366
Solanum phureja var. macmillanii (Bukasov & Lechn.) Ochoa Potatoes of S. Amer.: Bolivia 333. 1990. wfo-0001030370
Solanum pigmaeum Pittier Supl. Pl. Usuales Venez. 56. 1939. — wfo-0001030400
Solanum pimpinellifolium Vand. – — wfo-0001030416
Solanum pimpinellifolium Mill. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 25. 1852. wfo-0001030418
Solanum podotrichum Taub. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58, Mem. 3f: 496. 1911. wfo-0001030495
Solanum polygamum – – — wfo-0001030523
Solanum prehensile Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 380. 1947. wfo-0001030549
Solanum procerum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001030560
Solanum pseudoglabrescens Klotzsch Reise Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1154. 1849. wfo-0001030608
Solanum pseudomicranthum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 381. 1947. wfo-0001030620
Solanum pseudoobtusifrons Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 369. 1947. wfo-0001030621
Solanum quercifolium Schum. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 121. 1827. wfo-0001030738
Solanum quitense Hort. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 318. 1852. wfo-0001030748
Solanum quitense Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 67. 1832. wfo-0001030749
Solanum racemigerum K.Koch Wochenschrift 13: 181. 1870. wfo-0001030759
Solanum ramizii Glaz. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mém. 3f): 496. 1911. wfo-0001030771
Solanum reddickii Bukasov Theor. Pl. Breed. (Vavilov) 3: 73. 1937. wfo-0001030794
Solanum rhopalostigma Bitter Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 23: 148. 1914. wfo-0001030845
Solanum richardii Sieber ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 254. 1852. wfo-0001030849
Solanum rothii Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 383. 1852. wfo-0001030911
Solanum rubrum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 84. 1791. wfo-0001030924
Solanum rufescens Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 228. 1852. wfo-0001030929
Solanum rufescens var. rufescens – – — wfo-0001030932
Solanum rufopilosum Pittier Suppl. 56. 1939 wfo-0001030936
Solanum saldanhaei Glaz. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mém. 3f): 496 (1911) wfo-0001030990
Solanum sanctum Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2: 605. 1841. wfo-0001031018
Solanum serratum Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 146. 1852. wfo-0001031200
Solanum sinuatorepandum K.Braun Tropenpflanzer 29: 268. 1926. wfo-0001031262
Solanum sinuatum Aiton ex Loudon Suppl. Hort. Brit. 2: 640. 1850. wfo-0001031265
Solanum sipolisii Glaz. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58, Mem. 3f: 498. 1911. wfo-0001031268
Solanum snoussii A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afrique Centr. Franç. 1: 218. 1913. wfo-0001031288
Solanum sodomeum Russ ex Nees Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(1): 55. 1834. wfo-0001031304
Solanum spinatum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 84. 1791. wfo-0001031355
Solanum spinosissimum Lodd. ex Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 74. 1830. wfo-0001031356
Solanum spurium Balb. Cat. Pl. (Balbis) (1813) 73 () wfo-0001031367
Solanum stipulaceum Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 669. 1819. — wfo-0001031481
Solanum stramoniifolium Hort. ex Benth. Botanist 4: tab. 192. 1839. wfo-0001031495
Solanum strictum Zuccagni Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Bot., no. 49: [20]. 1806., 1806. — wfo-0001031501
Solanum subexarmatum Dammer – — wfo-0001031544
Solanum suborbiculatum Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 382. 1947. wfo-0001031552
Solanum subrepandum Desf. Tabl. Ecole Bot. ed. 1: 222. 1804. wfo-0001031556
Solanum subsessile Klotzsch Reise Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 964. 1849. wfo-0001031559
Solanum sulcatum Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3: 60. 1797. wfo-0001031584
Solanum tabayense Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001031638
Solanum tachirense Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 375. 1947. wfo-0001031640
Solanum tenerum Reiche Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 49. 1895. wfo-0001031677
Solanum tjamoel Hort. ex Steenis Blumea 6: 331. 1948. wfo-0001031749
Solanum tonduzii Bitter – — wfo-0001031776
Solanum trutel Jacq. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 1: 796. 1821. wfo-0001031898
Solanum turiamoense Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 370. 1947. wfo-0001032166
Solanum ubanghense A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afrique Centr. Franç. 1: 218. 1913. wfo-0001032171
Solanum uchubita Cortés Fl. Colombia (Cortés) 103. 1897. wfo-0001032172
Solanum ulugurense Dammer ex Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas A (Engler): 130. 1895. wfo-0001032184
Solanum vidali Phil. Verh. Deutsch. Wiss. Verein, Santiago de Chile 2: 108. 1890. wfo-0001032369
Solanum virginianum Russ ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2613D. 1831. wfo-0001032447
Solanum vulgatum Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2: 607. 1841. wfo-0001032481
Solanum wildianum Wender. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2: 607. 1841. wfo-0001032514
Solanum xanti Coville – — wfo-0001032544
Solanum zuccagnianum Dammer Miss. Em. Laurent 1: 177. 1905. wfo-0001032589
Solanum zuccagnianum var. zuccagnianum – – — wfo-0001032592
Amatula Medik. Phil. and Phil., Bot. Beobacht. 38 (1782); Malv. 106 (1787).. wfo-4000001486
Androcera Nutt. (P. ) Raf. and (P. ) Raf., Gen. Am. 1: 129., 1818. wfo-4000001987
Antimion Raf. F.Muell., (J. ) Schur, F.Muell., (J. ) Schur, and Raf., Autik. Bot. 109. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 94.. wfo-4000002494
Aquartia Jacq. Lindl. and Lindl., Enum. Pl. Carib. 1: 12., 1760. wfo-4000002802
Artorhiza Raf. (H. ) Kuang and (H. ) Kuang, Autik. Bot. 138. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 94. wfo-4000003192
Bassovia Aubl. (P. ) I.M.Johnst. and (P. ) I.M.Johnst., Pl. Gui. 1: 217. t. 85., 1775. wfo-4000004192
Battata Hill Dunal and Dunal, Veg. Syst. ix. 32 (1765); vide Dandy, Ind. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 1753-74 (Regn. Veg.li.) 31 (1967).. wfo-4000004233
Bosleria A.Nelson E.H.L.Krause, E.H.L.Krause, and A.Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 175. 1905, 1905. wfo-4000005062
Busbeckia Mart. Hort. Reg. Monac. 69 (1829). — wfo-4000005813
Ceranthera Raf. Am. Monthly Mag. 176. 1818. wfo-4000007318
Cliocarpus Miers (M. ) Miers and (M. ) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 4: 141., 1849. wfo-4000008634
Cyphomandra Mart. ex Sendtn. Miers and Miers, Flora 28(11): 162., 1845. wfo-4000010465
Diamonon Raf. M. C. & I.Treviño, M. C. & I.Treviño, and (H. ) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 76. 1836., 1836. wfo-4000011300
Dimorphylia Cortés Revista Med. Trop. (Bogota) 34: 528. 1917. wfo-4000011788
Dulcamara Hill. Kuhlm. and Kuhlm., Methodus (Moench) 514 (1794). [4 May 1794], 1794. wfo-4000012725
Fontqueriella Rothm. Broteria, Ser. Trimestr. 9: 150. 1940. wfo-4000014922
Licopersicum Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 61. 1790. wfo-4000021685
Lycopersicon Mill. Hieron., (R. ) Hook.f., Mill., Hieron., (R. ) Hook.f., and Mill., Gard. Dict. abr. ed. 4., 1754. wfo-4000022503
Melongena Mill. Hieron., (R. ) Hook.f., Mill., Hieron., (R. ) Hook.f., and Mill., Gard. Dict. abr. ed. 4., 1754. wfo-4000023692
Normania Lowe Missing and Missing, Man. Fl. Mad. 2: 70., 1868. wfo-4000026233
Nycterium Vent. B. .C.Stone and B. .C.Stone, Jard. Malm. t. 85., 1803. wfo-4000026409
Parmentiera Raf. Baill., Baill., and Raf., Autik. Bot. 108. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 94.. wfo-4000028226
Pheliandra Werderm. Sendtn. and Sendtn., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 54., 1940. wfo-4000029171
Pionandra Miers K. & A.M.Lu and K. & A.M.Lu, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 353., 1845. wfo-4000029800
Pseudocapsicum Medik. Maxim. and Maxim., Phil. Bot. 1: 122., 1789. wfo-4000031434
Scubulon Raf. Autik. Bot. 109. 1840. wfo-4000034852
Solanastrum Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. [Fabr.]. 194. 1759. wfo-4000035674
Solanocharis Bitter Fedde, Repert. 15: 153. 1918. wfo-4000035683
Solanopsis Börner (B. R. ) ex Bitter and (B. R. ) ex Bitter, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 21: 282. 1912, 1912. wfo-4000035685
Triguera Raf. Diss. 2 [App.]: [i]. t. A. Jan-Apr 1786. — wfo-4100004668

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