Lycianthes

Lycianthes
Lycianthes rantonnetii (Blue potato bush)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Solanoideae
Tribe:	Capsiceae
Genus:	Lycianthes (Dunal) Hassl.
Species
About 200, see text

Lycianthes is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains roughly 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia and the Pacific.

Characteristics[]

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Lycianthes is apparently closely related to the chili and bell peppers (Capsicum). However, it was long confused with the nightshades (Solanum), and several little-known Solanum species presumably belong here.^[1]

Species[]

Full species list in The Plant List^[2]

Species include:

• (C.V.Morton) Hunz. & Barboza
• (Lour.) Bitter
• (Blume) Bitter
• Lycianthes hypochrysea
• (Dunal) Bitter
• (L.) Hassl.
• (Dunal) Bitter – tlanochtle (Nahuatl)
• Lycianthes rantonnetii (Carrière) Bitter – blue potato bush
• Lycianthes rimbachii
• (F.Muell.) A.R.Bean
• "Solanum chrysophyllum"
• "Solanum lanuginosum"
• "Solanum loxense"
• "Solanum mucronatum" – "pepino"

Related species[]

Other "Solanum" taxa of unknown identity but presumably belonging into Lycianthes include S. ciliatum Blume ex Miq., S. corniculatum Hiern, S. retrofractum var. acuminatum, S. violaceum Blume, S. violifolium f. typicum, S. virgatum notst β albiflorum, S. uniflorum Lag. and S. uniflorum var. berterianum.^[1]

See also[]

• Nonochton

References[]

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