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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 inventory project: Arizona Flora || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Browallia eludens
Media resource of Browallia eludens
Brunfelsia australis
Media resource of Brunfelsia australis
Calibrachoa parviflora
Media resource of Calibrachoa parviflora
Capsicum annuum
Media resource of Capsicum annuum
Capsicum baccatum
Media resource of Capsicum baccatum
Cestrum parqui
Media resource of Cestrum parqui
Chamaesaracha coniodes
Media resource of Chamaesaracha coniodes
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Media resource of Chamaesaracha coronopus
Chamaesaracha sordida
Media resource of Chamaesaracha sordida
Cyphomandra betacea
Media resource of Cyphomandra betacea
Datura discolor
Media resource of Datura discolor
Datura ferox
Media resource of Datura ferox
Datura innoxia
Media resource of Datura innoxia
Datura quercifolia
Media resource of Datura quercifolia
Datura stramonium
Media resource of Datura stramonium
Datura wrightii
Media resource of Datura wrightii
Jaltomata procumbens
Media resource of Jaltomata procumbens
Lycianthes rantonnetii
Media resource of Lycianthes rantonnetii
Lycium andersonii
Media resource of Lycium andersonii
Lycium berlandieri
Media resource of Lycium berlandieri
Lycium californicum
Media resource of Lycium californicum
Lycium chinense
Media resource of Lycium chinense
Lycium cooperi
Media resource of Lycium cooperi
Lycium exsertum
Media resource of Lycium exsertum
Lycium fremontii
Media resource of Lycium fremontii
Lycium macrodon
Media resource of Lycium macrodon
Lycium pallidum
Media resource of Lycium pallidum
Lycium parishii
Media resource of Lycium parishii
Lycium richii
Media resource of Lycium richii
Lycium torreyi
Media resource of Lycium torreyi
Nicotiana alata
Media resource of Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana attenuata
Media resource of Nicotiana attenuata
Nicotiana clevelandii
Media resource of Nicotiana clevelandii
Nicotiana glauca
Media resource of Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Media resource of Nicotiana obtusifolia
Nicotiana quadrivalvis
Media resource of Nicotiana quadrivalvis
Nicotiana tabacum
Media resource of Nicotiana tabacum
Nierembergia gracilis
Media resource of Nierembergia gracilis
Nierembergia hippomanica
Media resource of Nierembergia hippomanica
Petunia x atkinsiana
Media resource of Petunia x atkinsiana
Petunia × atkinsiana
Media resource of Petunia × atkinsiana
Physalis acutifolia
Media resource of Physalis acutifolia
Physalis angulata
Media resource of Physalis angulata
Physalis caudella
Media resource of Physalis caudella
Physalis crassifolia
Media resource of Physalis crassifolia
Physalis hederifolia
Media resource of Physalis hederifolia
Physalis heterophylla
Media resource of Physalis heterophylla
Physalis hispida
Media resource of Physalis hispida
Physalis latiphysa
Media resource of Physalis latiphysa
Physalis longifolia
Media resource of Physalis longifolia
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