| Full name: |
Solanaceae Source |
| Short name: |
Solanaceae Source |
| Version: |
200811, Nov 2008 |
| Release date: |
2008-11-20 |
| Authors/editors: |
Knapp S., Walley L., Bohs L., Nee M. & Spooner D. (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Solanales - Solanaceae - Solanum |
| English name of the group: |
Nightshade genus |
| Number of species: |
1,083 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: |
17 |
| Number of synonyms: |
3,535 |
| Number of common names: |
965 |
| Total number of names: |
5,600 |
| Abstract: |
Solanaceae Source is a database of names and descriptions of all taxa in the genus Solanum. The database is the result of the project “PBI Solanum – a worldwide treatment”, funded by the National Science Foundation under the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory program (award DEB-0316614), with some additional funding provided by the SYNTHESYS Project (http://www.synthesys.info/) which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP6 programme “Structuring the European Research Area”. |
| Organization: |
PBI Solanum project; University of Utah, United States Department of Agriculture, New York Botanical Garden, USA; Natural History Museum, London, UK |
| Website: |
http://www.solanaceaesource.org
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