A revision of the Old World Black Nightshades (Morelloid clade of Solanum L., Solanaceae).

ABSTRACT: The Morelloid clade, also known as the black nightshades or "Maurella" (Morella), is one of the 10 major clades within Solanum L. The pantropical clade consists of 75 currently recognised non-spiny herbaceous and suffrutescent species with simple or branched hairs with or without glandular tips, with a centre of distribution in the tropical Andes. A secondary centre of diversity is found in Africa, where a set of mainly polyploid taxa occur. A yet smaller set of species is found in Australasia and Europe, including Solanum nigrum L., the type of the genus Solanum. Due to the large number of published synonyms, combined with complex morphological variation, our understanding of species limits and diversity in the Morelloid clade has remained poor despite detailed morpho

SUBMITTER: Sarkinen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070582 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature