Nightshade Family

The Nightshade family is a wide family containing herbs, shrubs, vines, and trees. Many of the species are poisonous, but the family also contains many common garden vegetables such as pepper, potato, eggplant, tobacco, tomato, ground cherries, and even the common petunia.

FAMILY = Solanaceae

Included Genera =
Anthocercis
Atropa
Capsicum (Pepper)
Datura
Duckeodendron
Goetzia
Grabowskia
Hyoscyamus
Jaltomata
Juanulloa
Lycianthes
Lycium
Mandragora
Metternichia
Nicandra
Nicotiana (Tobacco)
Nolana
Petunia
Physalis (Tomatillo & Ground Cherry)
Salpiglossis
Schizanthus
Schwenckia Solandra
Solanum (Potato, Tomato, Eggplant)
Witheringia

Cross referenced against the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Taxonomy Browser.

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