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Solanaceae

Solanaceae
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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: Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area
Datura stramonium
Media resource of Datura stramonium
Datura wrightii
Media resource of Datura wrightii
Hyoscyamus niger
Media resource of Hyoscyamus niger
Lycium barbarum
Media resource of Lycium barbarum
Nicotiana attenuata
Media resource of Nicotiana attenuata
Physalis hederifolia
Media resource of Physalis hederifolia
Physalis heterophylla
Media resource of Physalis heterophylla
Physalis hispida
Media resource of Physalis hispida
Physalis longifolia
Media resource of Physalis longifolia
Physalis philadelphica
Media resource of Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pumila
Media resource of Physalis pumila
Physalis subglabrata
Media resource of Physalis subglabrata
Physalis subulata
Media resource of Physalis subulata
Physalis virginiana
Media resource of Physalis virginiana
Physalis viscosa
Media resource of Physalis viscosa
Quincula lobata
Media resource of Quincula lobata
Solanum americanum
Media resource of Solanum americanum
Solanum carolinense
Media resource of Solanum carolinense
Solanum dulcamara
Media resource of Solanum dulcamara
Solanum interius
Media resource of Solanum interius
Solanum melanocerasum
Media resource of Solanum melanocerasum
Solanum nigrum
Media resource of Solanum nigrum
Solanum physalifolium
Media resource of Solanum physalifolium
Solanum rostratum
Media resource of Solanum rostratum
Solanum sarrachoides
Media resource of Solanum sarrachoides
Solanum triflorum
Media resource of Solanum triflorum
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