Solanum

***Solanum*** is a genus in family Solanaceae, which is known for three species: tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants.

## Subgenus Bassovia 
'*Section *Allophylla'''*

* *Solanum granuloso-leprosum*

*'Section *Cyphomandropsis*'*

* *Solanum glaucophyllum* Desf. – Waxy-leaved nightshade

*'Section *Pachyphylla*'*

* *Solanum betaceum* Cav. – Tamarillo
* *Solanum exiguum*
* *Solanum roseum*

## Subgenus *Leptostemonum* 
Five-minute plant (*S. atropurpureum*) fruit

*Solanum palinacanthum*
Shrubby nightshade (*S. robustum*) flowers

Giant potatocreeper (*S. wendlandii*) flowers
Porcupine tomato (*S. pyracanthos*) fruit

*'Section *Acanthophora*'*

* *Solanum aculeatissimum* Jacq. – Indian nightshade
* *Solanum atropurpureum* Schrank – Five-minute plant
* *Solanum capsicoides* – Cockroach berry, *polohauaiʻi* (Polynesian)
* *Solanum mammosum'' – Nipplefruit, titty fruit, cow's udder, "apple of Sodom"
* *Solanum palinacanthum* Dunal
* *Solanum viarum* Dunal – Tropical soda apple

'*Section *Androceras'''*: 12 spp.

* Series *Androceras*
* Series *Violaceiflorum*
* Series *Pacificum*

*'Section *Anisantherum***

**Section *Campanulata***

**Section *Crinitum***

**Section *Croatianum***

**Section *Erythrotrichum*'*

* *Solanum robustum* H.L.Wendl. – Shrubby nightshade

*'Section *Graciliflorum*'*[*verification needed*]

*'Section *Herposolanum*'*

* *Solanum wendlandii* Hook.f. – Giant potatocreeper

*'Section *Irenosolanum*'*

* *Solanum incompletum* Dunal – *Pōpolo kū mai* (Hawaiʻi)
* *Solanum nelsonii'' Dunal – Nelson's horsenettle, *ʻĀkia* (Hawaiʻi)
* *Solanum sandwicense* Hook. & Arn. – Hawaiian horsenettle, *Pōpoloʻaiakeakua* (Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)

'*Section *Ischyracanthum***

**Section *Lasiocarpa'''*

* *Solanum lasiocarpum* Dunal
* *Solanum pseudolulo* – *lulo de perro* (Colombia)
* *Solanum quitoense* – *lulo* (Colombia), *naranjilla* (Ecuador)
* *Solanum sessiliflorum* – Cocona

*'Section *Melongena*'*

* *Solanum aculeastrum* – Soda apple, sodaapple nightshade, goat apple, poison apple, "bitter-apple"
* *Solanum campechiense* – Redberry nightshade
* *Solanum carolinense'' – Carolina horsenettle, radical weed, sand brier, devil's tomato, "bull nettle", "tread-softly", "apple of Sodom", "wild tomato" (southeastern United States)
* *Solanum cataphractum* (northern Western Australia, including Coronation Island)
* *Solanum citrullifolium* A.Braun – Watermelon nightshade (southern United States)
* *Solanum dimidiatum* Raf. – Torrey's nightshade
* *Solanum elaeagnifolium* – Silver-leaved nightshade, prairie berry, silverleaf nettle, white horsenettle, silver nightshade, "bull-nettle", "trompillo" (Spanish); Silver-leaf bitter-apple, *satansbos* (South Africa)
* *Solanum heterodoxum* Dunal – Melon-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum incanum* L.
* *Solanum linnaeanum* – Devil's apple, "apple of Sodom"
* *Solanum macrocarpon* L.
* *Solanum marginatum* L.f. – White-margined nightshade
* *Solanum melongena* – Eggplant, aubergine (including *S. ovigerum*)
* *Solanum rostratum* Dunal – Buffalo bur, Texas thistle
* *Solanum sisymbriifolium* Lam. – Sticky nightshade, fire-and-ice
* *Solanum virginianum* L.

'*Section *Micracantha'''*

* *Solanum jamaicense* Mill. – Jamaican nightshade
* *Solanum lanceifolium* Jacq. – Lance-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum tampicense* Dunal – Wetland nightshade

*'Section *Monodolichopus***

**Section *Nycterium***

**Section *Oliganthes*'*

* *Solanum aethiopicum* – Ethiopian eggplant, nakati, mock tomato, Ethiopian nightshade; including *S. gilo* (scarlet eggplant, Gilo or *jiló*)
* *Solanum centrale* – Australian desert raisin, bush raisin, bush sultana, "bush tomato", *akatjurra* (Alyawarre), *kampurarpa* (Pitjantjatjara), *merne akatyerre* (Arrernte), *kutjera*
* *Solanum cleistogamum* – "bush tomato", *merne mwanyerne* (Arrernte)
* *Solanum ellipticum* – Potato bush, "bush tomato"
* *Solanum pyracanthos'' Lam. – Porcupine tomato, Devil's Thorn
* *Solanum quadriloculatum* F.Muell. – "bush tomato", "wild tomato" (Australia)

'*Section *Persicariae'''*

* *Solanum bahamense* L. – Bahama nightshade, canker berry, *berengena de playa*
* *Solanum ensifolium* Dunal – Erubia

*'Section *Polytrichum***

**Section *Pugiunculifera***

**Section *Somalanum***

**Section *Torva*'*

* *Solanum asteropilodes*
* *Solanum chrysotrichum'' Schltdl. – Giant devil's-fig
* *Solanum lanceolatum* – Orangeberry nightshade
* *Solanum paniculatum* – Jurubeba
* *Solanum torvum* – Turkey berry, devil's fig, prickly nightshade, shoo-shoo bush, wild eggplant, pea eggplant

## Subgenus *Lyciosolanum* 
* *Solanum guineense* L.

## Subgenus *Solanum sensu stricto*
*Solanum erianthum*Jasmine nightshade (*S. laxum*) flowers

Currant tomato (*S. pimpinellifolium*) fruit
Andean black potatoes (*S. tuberosum*)Turkey berry (*S. torvum*) flowers

Yellow nightshade (*S. villosum*) fruit

'*Section *Afrosolanum***

**Section *Anarrhichomenum'''*

* *Solanum baretiae*

*'Section *Archaesolanum*'*

* *Solanum aviculare* – Poroporo (New Zealand), kangaroo apple (Australia)

*'Section *Basarthrum*'*

* *Solanum catilliflorum*
* *Solanum muricatum* – Pepino dulce, pepino melon, melon pear, "pepino", "tree melon"
* *Solanum perlongistylum*
* *Solanum tergosericeum*

*'Section *Benderianum***

**Section *Brevantherum*'*

* *Solanum bullatum*
* *Solanum erianthum* D.Don – Potato tree, "mullein nightshade"
* *Solanum mauritianum* – Woolly nightshade, ear-leaved nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, kerosene plant, "wild tobacco" (Australia)
* *Solanum evolvuloides*

*'Section *Dulcamara*'*

* *Solanum crispum* – Chilean potato vine, Chilean nightshade, Chilean potato tree
* *Solanum dulcamara* – Bittersweet
* *Solanum imbaburense*
* *Solanum laxum* Spreng. – Jasmine nightshade
* *Solanum leiophyllum*
* *Solanum seaforthianum* Andrews – Brazilian nightshade
* *Solanum triquetrum* Cav. – Texas nightshade
* *Solanum wallacei'' – Wallace's nightshade, Catalina nightshade, Clokey's nightshade, "wild tomato" (including *S. clokeyi*)
* *Solanum xanti* – Purple nightshade, San Diego nightshade

'*Section *Herpystichum***

**Section *Holophylla'''*

* *Solanum diphyllum* L. – Twin-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum pseudocapsicum* – Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, "winter cherry" (including *S. capsicastrum*)
* *Solanum pseudoquina* (including *S. inaequale* Vell.)

*'Section *Juglandifolia*'*

* *Solanum juglandifolium*
* *Solanum ochranthum*

*'Section *Lemurisolanum***

**Section *Lycopersicoides*'*

* *Solanum lycopersicoides* Dunal – Peruvian wolfpeach
* *Solanum sitiens*

*'Section *Lycopersicon*'*

* *Solanum arcanum* Peralta – "wild tomato"
* *Solanum chilense*
* *Solanum corneliomulleri*
* *Solanum huaylasense* Peralta
* *Solanum peruvianum* L. – Peruvian nightshade, "wild tomato"
* *Solanum cheesmaniae* (L.Riley) Fosberg
* *Solanum chmielewskii*
* *Solanum galapagense* S.C.Darwin & Peralta
* *Solanum habrochaites*
* *Solanum lycopersicum* – Tomato
* *Solanum neorickii*
* *Solanum pennellii*
* *Solanum pimpinellifolium* – Currant tomato

*'Section *Macronesiotes***

**Section *Normania*'*

* †*Solanum nava* (?)

*'Section *Petota*'*

* *Solanum albornozii*
* *Solanum bulbocastanum* – Ornamental nightshade
* *Solanum bukasovii* Juz. ex Rybin
* *Solanum burtonii*
* *Solanum cardiophyllum* – Heart-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum chilliasense*
* *Solanum commersonii'' Dunal – Commerson's nightshade
* *Solanum demissum* Lindl. – Dwarf wild potato
* *Solanum jamesii* – Wild potato
* *Solanum minutifoliolum*
* *Solanum paucijugum*
* *Solanum phureja* Juz. & Bukasov
* *Solanum pinnatisectum* Dunal – Tansy-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum regularifolium*
* *Solanum stoloniferum* Schltdl. – Tigna potato, Fendler's horsenettle
* *Solanum stenotomum* (including *S. goniocalyx*)
* *Solanum ternatum* (including *S. ternifolium*)
* *Solanum tuberosum* – Potato

'*Section *Pteroidea***

**Section *Quadrangulare***

**Section *Regmandra***

**Section *Solanum'''*

* *Solanum adscendens* Sendtner – Sonoita nightshade (Americas)
* *Solanum americanum* Mill. – American nightshade, American black nightshade, glossy nightshade (Americas, Hawaiʻi)
* *Solanum chenopodioides* Lam. – Goosefoot nightshade, slender nightshade (including *S. gracilius*)
* *Solanum douglasii* Dunal – Green-spotted nightshade
* *Solanum interius* Rydb.
* Solanum melongena L.
* *Solanum nigrescens* M.Martens & Galeotti – Divine nightshade
* *Solanum nigrum* L. – European black nightshade, "black nightshade"
* *S. nigrum guineense* – "Garden Huckleberry"
* *Solanum pseudogracile* Heiser – Glowing nightshade
* *Solanum ptychanthum* – West Indian nightshade, Eastern black nightshade
* *Solanum retroflexum* – Wonderberry, sunberry
* *Solanum sarrachoides* – Hairy nightshade
* *Solanum scabrum* Mill. – Garden huckleberry
* *Solanum triflorum* Nutt. – Cut-leaved nightshade
* *Solanum villosum* Mill. – Yellow nightshade

## Other notable species 
Forked nightshade (*S. furcatum*)

Bluewitch nightshade (*S. umbelliferum*) flowers

* *Solanum abutiloides* – Dwarf tamarillo
* *Solanum amygdalifolium* Steud.
* *Solanum bellum*
* *Solanum cajanumense*
* *Solanum chimborazense*
* *Solanum chrysasteroides*
* *Solanum cinnamomeum*
* *Solanum conocarpum* Rich. ex Dunal – Marron bacoba
* *Solanum cowiei* Martine
* *Solanum cremastanthemum*
* *Solanum davisense'' Whalen – Davis' horsenettle
* *Solanum densepilosulum*
* *Solanum donianum* Walp. – Mullein nightshade
* *Solanum dolichorhachis*
* *Solanum fallax*
* *Solanum ferox* L. – Hairy-fruited eggplant, Thai hairy-fruited eggplant
* *Solanum fortunense*
* *Solanum furcatum* – Forked nightshade
* *Solanum glabratum* Dunal
* *Solanum haleakalaense* H.St.John
* *Solanum hindsianum* Benth. – Hinds' nightshade
* *Solanum hypermegethes*
* *Solanum hypocalycosarcum*
* *Solanum interandinum*
* *Solanum latiflorum*
* *Solanum leucodendron*
* *Solanum lumholtzianum* Bartlett – Sonoran nightshade
* *Solanum luteoalbum* (including *S. semicoalitum*)
* *Solanum lycocarpum* – Wolf apple, *fruta-de-lobo, lobeira* (Brazil)
* *Solanum melissarum* Bohs
* *Solanum nudum* Dunal – Forest nightshade
* *Solanum ovum-fringillae*
* *Solanum paralum*
* *Solanum parishii* A.Heller – Parish's nightshade
* *Solanum physalifolium* Rusby
* *Solanum pinetorum*
* *Solanum polygamum* Vahl – Cakalaka berry
* *Solanum pyrifolium* Lam.
* *Solanum pubescens* Willd.
* *Solanum riedlei* Dunal – Riedle's nightshade
* *Solanum rudepannum* Dunal
* *Solanum rugosum* Dunal – *tabacon aspero*
* *Solanum sibundoyense*
* *Solanum sodiroi* (including *S. carchiense*)
* *Solanum sycocarpum*
* *Solanum tenuipes* Bartlett – Fancy nightshade
* *Solanum tobagense*
* *Solanum trilobatum* L.
* *Solanum umbelliferum* – Bluewitch nightshade
* *Solanum verrogeneum* Berengena
* *Solanum violaceum* Ortega
* *Solanum viride* Spreng. – Green Nightshade
* *Solanum woodburyi* Howard – Woodbury's nightshade