New York Metropolitan Flora

Family: Solanaceae

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara   L.  -  Climbing Nightshade
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Last Modified 03/15/2013

Key to the genera of Solanaceae

1. Plants shrubs; petioles less than 1 cm long...Lycium
1. Plants herbs or lianas; petioles 1-4 cm long...Solanum

List of Solanaceae Genera

Lycium Solanum Datura Nicandra Physalis Hyoscyamus Petunia Capsicum Nicotiana

References to Solanaceae

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  • Bahadur, B. et.al. 1989. SEM studies of seeds in nine species of Petunia Juss. Solanaceae. Phytomorphology 39: 121-128.
  • Benitez de Rojas, C. 2000. Seed morphology of fourteen species of Cuatresia, Lycianthes, Nicandra, Salpichroa and Sessea (Solanaceae). Phyton 67: 159-175.
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  • Bohs, L.; Olmstead, R. 1994. Molecular approaches to Solanum phylogeny. Solanaceae Newsl. 4: 9-10. (Abstract)
  • Bohs, L.; Olmstead, R. G. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships in Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ndhF sequences. Syst. Bot. 22: 5-17.
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  • Chaudhary, R. K. et.al. 2002. Karyomorphological studies in Datura metel Linn. Advances in Plant Sciences 15: 245-247.
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  • Connolly, B. A.; Anderson, G. J. 2003. Functional significance of the androecium in staminate and hermaphroditic flowers of Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 235-243.
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  • Dharmananda, S. 1997. Lycium fruit.
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  • Geerinck, D. et.al. 1998. Intraspecific variations of Datura stramonium L. (Solanaceae). Naturalistes Belges 79: 270-272. (In French)
  • Glenn, Steven D. 1995. Bumblebees (Bombus sp.) visiting flowers of Solanum dulcamara L.
  • Hadkins, E. S. et.al. 1997. Typification of Linnaean Datura names (Solanaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 125: 295-308.
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  • Heiser, C. B. Jr.; Smith, P. G. 1953. The cultivated capsicum peppers. Econ. Bot. 7: 214-227.
  • Hitchcock, C. L. 1932. A monographic study of the genus Lycium of the Western Hemisphere. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 179-374.
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  • Jiao, M. et.al. 2002. Allozyme variation in Mexican species and classification of Datura (Solanaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 232: 155-166.
  • Knapp, S. 1983. Sectional nomenclature in Solanum (Solanaceae). Taxon 32: 635-6.
  • Lester, R. 1984. Solanum synonym database. Solanaceae Newsl. 2(3): 2-3.
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  • Murray, M. A. 1945. Carpellary and placental structure in the Solanaceae. Bot. Gaz. 107: 243-260.
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  • Olmstead, R. G. 1994. Phylogeny of the Solanaceae based on chloroplast DNA. Solanaceae Newsl. 4: 33-4. (Abstract)
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