Family Solanaceae de Jussieu 1789 (nightshade)

Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae

Parent taxon: Solanales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Convolvulaceae, Hydroleaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Montiniaceae, Nolanaceae, Sphenocleaceae

Subtaxa: Cantisolanum Cestroxylon Datura Florissantia Solanispermum Solanites Solanoideae Solanum Solanumxylon Withania

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (16 collections), India (3), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Germany (4), the Russian Federation (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Germany (3), Nepal (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Oregon)

• Eocene of Argentina (3), Canada (2: British Columbia), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Colorado, Oregon)

• Paleogene of India (1)

Total: 62 collections including 66 occurrences

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