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Solanaceae

Solanaceae
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Cecelia Alexander
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JANAS 33(1)
PLANT: Herbs, vines, shrubs, or small trees, with stellate or branched hairs, often armed with prickles, often producing alkaloids, producing no latex. LEAVES: alternate, simple or compound, exstipulate. FLOWERS: usually perfect, solitary or borne in cymose inflorescences; corolla sympetalous, rotate to tubular, usually 5-lobed, usually actinomorphic; stamens epipetalous, alternating with corolla lobes; anthers opening by longitudinal slits or terminal pores, distinct or united; gynoecium usually 2-carpelate, the carpels united in a usually bilocular, superior ovary. FRUIT: a berry or capsule; seeds usually numerous. NOTES: Ca. 85 genera, ca. 2800 species, nearly worldwide, best developed in tropical America; ca. 11 genera in AZ. Datura, is distinguished from other Solanaceae in AZ by its solitary flowers with large white to purplish-tinged corollas and spiny capsules. REFERENCES: Bye, Robert. 2001. Solanaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
Species within checklist: Tres Rios and the Phoenix Four Rivers
Calibrachoa parviflora
Media resource of Calibrachoa parviflora
Datura discolor
Media resource of Datura discolor
Datura wrightii
Media resource of Datura wrightii
Lycium andersonii
Media resource of Lycium andersonii
Lycium californicum
Media resource of Lycium californicum
Lycium fremontii
Media resource of Lycium fremontii
Lycium torreyi
Media resource of Lycium torreyi
Nicotiana glauca
Media resource of Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Media resource of Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis acutifolia
Media resource of Physalis acutifolia
Physalis angulata
Media resource of Physalis angulata
Solanum americanum
Media resource of Solanum americanum
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Media resource of Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum lycopersicum
Media resource of Solanum lycopersicum
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