Database details
| Full name: | Solanaceae Source |
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| Short name: | Solanaceae Source |
| Version: | 200811, Nov 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-11-20 |
| Authors/editors: | S. Knapp, L. Walley, L. Bohs, M. Nee & D. Spooner (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida - Solanales - Solanaceae - genus Solanum |
| English name of the group: | Nightshade genus |
| Number of species: | 1,082 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 19 |
| Number of synonyms: | 3,577 |
| Number of common names: | 965 |
| Total number of names: | 5,643 |
| 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 |