Solanum Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Fadl, Mohamed A.
name: Alamer, Khalid H.
name: Alharth, Mona A.
name: Hassan, Walaa A.
name: Korany, Shereen M.
name: Al-Yasi, Hatim M.
name: Alsherif, Emad A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Solanum

description: Key to the species
1 Fruits white to dark purple, large, 5–20 x 4–15 cm, cultivated as vegetable ................................................................ S. melongena
+ Fruits yellow, orange-red or black, small, 0.5–3.0 cm in diameter................................................................................................. 2
2. Plants unarmed ................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
+ Plants armed .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Plants of stellate hairs............................................................................................................................................. S. schimperianum
+ Plants of simple hairs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4. Flowers yellows.......................................................................................................................................................... S. lycopersicum
+ Flowers not yellow .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Fruits dark purple ................................................................................................................................................................ S. nigrum
+ Fruits yellow to red ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Stem rounded hairy, petiole 1.5 cm ................................................................................................................................... S. villosum
+ Stem ridged, denticulate, petiole 0.8 cm .................................................................................................. S. villosum ssp.miniatum
7. Leaves lanceolate-oblong ........................................................................................................................... S. glabratum var. sepicula
+ Leaves ovate.................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Leaves up to 4 cm long....................................................................................................................................................... S. forskalii
+ Leaves more than 4 cm long .......................................................................................................................................... S. incanum
description: Published as part of Fadl, Mohamed A., Alamer, Khalid H., Alharth, Mona A., Hassan, Walaa A., Korany, Shereen M., Al-Yasi, Hatim M. & Alsherif, Emad A., 2023, Taxonomical study on genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in Taif region, Saudi Arabia, pp. 207-222 in Phytotaxa 616 (3) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145687