The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797 - 1878) was a Belgian politician and botanist. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Genera Acnistus Atropa (deadly nightshade) Brugmansia (angels trumpet) Calibrachoa Capsicum (chile peppers) Cestrum Chamaesaracha Combera Crenidium Cuatresia Cyphanthera Cyphomandra Datura (jimsonweed) Hyoscyamus (henbane) Iochroma Lycium (boxthorn) Lycopersicon (tomato) Mandragora (mandrake) Nicandra Nicotiana (tobacco) Petunia Physalis (tomatillo) Solandra Solanum (potato, eggplant) Streptosolen For more genera see Solanaceae in The Families... Genera See text The Convolvulaceae, the bindweed or morning glory family, is a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), that differ from the adult leaves An example of a trimerous and non-eudicot flower: Magnolia Dicotyledons or dicots are a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ...

The following families are included here in newer systems:

• Family Solanaceae (nightshade family; includes Nolanaceae)
• Family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
• Family Montiniaceae
• Family Sphenocleaceae
• Family Hydroleaceae

Well-known members of Solanales include potatoes and sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, and petunias. Genera Acnistus Atropa (deadly nightshade) Brugmansia (angels trumpet) Calibrachoa Capsicum (chile peppers) Cestrum Chamaesaracha Combera Crenidium Cuatresia Cyphanthera Cyphomandra Datura (jimsonweed) Hyoscyamus (henbane) Iochroma Lycium (boxthorn) Lycopersicon (tomato) Mandragora (mandrake) Nicandra Nicotiana (tobacco) Petunia Physalis (tomatillo) Solandra Solanum (potato, eggplant) Streptosolen For more genera see Solanaceae in The Families... Species See text Solanum is a genus of annuals, perennials, sub-shrubs, shrubs and climbers. ... Genera See text The Convolvulaceae, the bindweed or morning glory family, is a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs. ... Morning glory is one of several annual, dicot, climbing plants of the following species, all belonging to the Convolvulaceae family and grown in blue, pink, purple, red, or white blooms. ... Genera Grevea Kaliphora Montinia Montiniaceae is a family of flowering plants. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. ... Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ... Binomial name Solanum lycopersicum L. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Purple Petunias Petunia is a widely-cultivated genus of flowering plants, in the Solanaceae family. ...

Under the older Cronquist system, the latter three families were placed elsewhere, and a number of others were included: The Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or angiosperms). ...

• Family Duckeodendraceae
• Family Nolanaceae
• Family Cuscutaceae
• Family Retziaceae
• Family Menyanthaceae
• Family Polemoniaceae
• Family Hydrophyllaceae

Wikispecies has information related to:

Solanales

Species About 100 species, including: Cuscuta americana Cuscuta applanata Cuscuta approximata Cuscuta attenuata Cuscuta boldinghii Cuscuta brachycalyx Cuscuta californica Cuscuta campestris Cuscuta cassytoides Cuscuta ceanothi Cuscuta cephalanthi Cuscuta compacta Cuscuta coryli Cuscuta corylii Cuscuta cuspidata Cuscuta decipiens Cuscuta dentatasquamata Cuscuta denticulata Cuscuta epilinum Cuscuta epithymum Cuscuta erosa Cuscuta europaea Cuscuta... Genera Fauria (deer cabbage) Liparophyllum Menyanthes (bog bean, buckbean) Nymphoides (floating heart, water snowflake) Villarsia The Menyanthaceae are a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the Order Asterales. ... Genera Acanthogilia Aliciella* Allophyllum Bonplandia Cantua Cobaea* Collomia Dayia* Eriastrum Gilia Gymnosteris Huthia Ipomopsis Langloisia Lathrocasis* Leptodactylon Leptosiphon* Linanthus Loeselia Loeseliastrum Microsteris* Navarretia Phlox Polemonium Saltugilia* * not treated as distinct by all botanists The Polemoniaceae (jacobs ladder family or phlox family) comprises 18-25 genera with between 270-400... Genera Ellisia Emmenanthe Eriodictyon Eucrypta Hesperochiron Hydrolea Hydrophyllum Lemmonia Nama Nemophila Phacelia Pholistoma Romanzoffia Tricardia Turricula Wigandia The Hydrophyllaceae, or waterleaf family, are a family of flowering plants. ... GFDL Wikispecies logo File links The following pages link to this file: Solanaceae Species Asterias Homo (genus) Human Wikipedia:Template messages/Links Wikipedia:Template messages/All Homo floresiensis User talk:Tuneguru Template:Wikispecies Categories: GFDL images ... The Wikispecies logo Wikispecies is a project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation that anybody can edit. ...

References

• ITIS
• Systema Naturae 2000