BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
SOLANACEAE
(nightshades)
Solanum
(a genus of nightshades)
Solanum nigrum agg.
(black nightshades)
Solanum nigrum
(Black Nightshade)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Solanum nigrum L. (Black Nightshade)

Suggested Literature

Solanum nigrum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Solanum nigrum:

is foodplant of larva Pria dulcamarae - a pollen or sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, oval or irregular, brown or dark brown, often concentrically ridged, target spots which may enlarge rapidly to cover half the leaf.]

Solanum nigrum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 Solanum
(a genus of nightshades)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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