Solanaceae

Translingual

Etymology

From Solanum +‎ -aceae. Coined by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789.

Proper noun

Solanaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Solanales – many plants including the nightshades, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Solanales – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Browallioideae, Goetzeoideae, Nicotianoideae, Petunioideae, Schizanthoideae, Schwenckioideae, Solanoideae - subfamily
  • Acnistus, Atropa (deadly nightshade), Brugmansia (angel's trumpet), Brunfelsia, Calibrachoa, Capsicum (peppers), Cestrum, Chamaesaracha, Combera, Crenidium, Cuatresia, Cyphanthera, Cyphomandra, Datura (jimsonweed), Fabiana, Hyoscyamus (henbane), Iochroma, Lycium (boxthorn), Lycianthes, Lycopersicon, Mandragora (mandrake), Nicandra, Nicotiana (tobacco), Petunia, Physalis (tomatillo), Scopolia, Solandra, Solanum (potato, aubergine, tomato), Streptosolen - selected genera

References

• Solanaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solanaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Solanaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons