The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the …

Called the nightshade family or the potato family, Solanaceae has more than 100 genera and around 2,280 species distributed throughout the world. Its members are characterized by …

Solanaceae, the nightshade, or potato, family of flowering plants (order Solanales), with 102 genera and about 2,280 species, many of considerable economic importance as food and …

Dec 17, 2024 · The Potato family (Nightshade family) – Solanaceae – comprises about 2500 species of plants spread all over the world but mainly in tropical America. They are herbs, …

The potato family, Solanaceae, is a family of flowering plants that contains a number of important agricultural crops as well as many toxic plants. The formal name of the family comes from the...

The family Solanaceae contains such important food species as the potato (Solanum tuberosum), the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), the pepper (Capsicum sp) and the aubergine or eggplant …

Mar 21, 2025 · potato, (Solanum tuberosum), annual plant in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), grown for its starchy edible tubers. The potato is native to the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes and is …

Mar 16, 2024 · Solanaceae commonly known as Night shade or potato family of flowering plants. This family is called nightshade family because many of its plants contains toxic alkaloids, and …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a flowering plant (angiosperm) and would typically be classified as: Plant Kingdom, flowering plant phylum (Magnoliophyta = Anthophyta), dicot class (now …

Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Solanales order, characterized by five-petaled flowers, typically conical or funnelform, and alternate or alternate to opposite leaves, and …