Genus Solanum L.

subgenus Leptostemonum


Summary
Genus number:
19064
Last updated:
1 September 2009
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Accession count:

1573 (923  active, 881  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Aubriot, X. et al. 2016. Tropical Asian species show that the Old World clade of 'spiny solanums' (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum pro parte: Solanaceae) is not monophyletic. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 181:199-223.
  2. Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
  3. Stern, S. et al. 2011. Molecular delimitation of clades within New World species of the "spiny solanums" (Solanum subg. Leptostemonum). Taxon 60:1429-1441.
  4. Welman, W. G. 2003. The genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in southern Africa: subgenus Leptostemonum, the introduced sections Acanthophora and Torva. Bothalia 33:1-18.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=19064&type=subgenus. Accessed 15 April 2026.