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Solanum (a genus of nightshades)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Solanum dulcamara L. (Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet) 3 8   15
Species Solanum melongena (a house plant)       1
Aggregate Solanum nigrum agg. (black nightshades) 1     2
Species Solanum tuberosum L. (Potato)     1 33
Species Solanum vernei (a nightshade)     1  

Suggested Literature

Solanum 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:

leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph Trichoderma longibrachiatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche ramosa - Hemp Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph Trichoderma longibrachiatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
tuber tuber is galled by Synchytrium endobioticum - a chytridiomycete (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 ["Potato Black Scab"]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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