Welcome to Solanaceae Source
Solanaceae Source aims to provide a worldwide taxonomic monograph of the nightshade family whose species that are used as food (potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants), medicines (henbane and deadly nightshades) and in horticulture (petunias). We began this journey with the on-line monograph of all species in the mega-diverse genus Solanum. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Solanum project as part of the Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI) mission.
We added names for all members of the family to the resource with the collaboration of the International Plant Names Index (IPNI), and are working through these with the help of the Solanaceae community worldwide. This will contribute to diverse projects such as the World Flora On-Line that is contributing the the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
NOTE: The specimen data presented on the website are NOT up to date, we are working on a better way to present them; they should be used with caution!
The website and database behind it are constantly being updated and improved - we hope you will bear with us as we both improve the site and the data that underpin it. Synonymy may not be perfectly up to date, and some new species may have not been added yet.
Solanaceae news
SOL International - the first virtual meeting of the SOL genomics community
We are all disappointed not to be meeting together in Greece this year, but fear not, the community is still planning to meet at SOL International Online from 9 to 11 November.
Solanaceae Source in SpeciesLink
Brazilian specimens of the Solanaceae Source database became available today through SpeciesLink, Brazil's major biodiversity data portal. A total of 1,466 specimens of Solanaceae from the Natural History Museum London (BM) are now available within SpeciesLink searches, integrating the specialist database for the nightshade family with Brazil's digitally available collection data.
SOL seminars online
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Next SolSeminar will be presented by Constanza Maubecin on Pollination by oil-collecting bees and its implication in floral evolution in genus Nierembergia
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Next SolSeminar will be presented by Peter Wilf on Lantern Fruits of Gondwana
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Next SolSeminar will be presented by Marco Anguiano Constante on Biogeography of Lycianthes in Mexico
Resources
Contact us online
Enquire about the project or send us your comments using our online enquiry and feedback form.
Citing us
Guidelines for citing information on the Solanaceae Source website.
SOL newsletters
Keep up to date on the progress of the International Solanaceae Genomics Project (SOL)