Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of Solanales and Lamiales show that Solanaceae,
Verbenaceae and Bignoniaceae all diversified in South America. Estimated dates for the …

Abstract Background The Solanaceae is a plant family of great economic importance.
Despite a wealth of phylogenetic work on individual clades and a deep knowledge of …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

As a consequence of there being several ways in which observed patterns of variation in
nature can be conveyed in a generic classification, long recognised genera have changed …

A phylogeny of Solanaceae is presented based on the chloroplast DNA regions ndhF and
trnLF. With 89 genera and 190 species included, this represents a nearly comprehensive …

The Solanaceae contains many species of agricultural importance. Several of these are
cultivated for their fruits, such as the tomato, the pepper and the aubergine. The family is …

Solanum, with approximately 1,500 species, is the largest genus in the Solanaceae and
includes economically important species such as the tomato, potato, and eggplant. In part …

Wild crop relatives have been playing enormously important roles both in the depiction of
plant genomes and the genetic improvement of their cultivated counterparts. They have …

The cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., is a member of the small section
Lycopersicon along with its 12 wild relatives. An additional four species from sections …

The domestication history of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) has long been debated, with
studies unable to narrow down where domestication occurred within a broad region of …