Solanum L.
(a genus of nightshades)

Interactions where Solanum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
(rotten)		rotten is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph			Trichocladium asperum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae	Trichocladium asperum, Kirk, P.M., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium asperum/	Trichocladium asperum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades		rotten						effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph			Trichoderma longibrachiatum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Trichoderma longibrachiatum/	Trichoderma longibrachiatum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Trichoderma anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades		dead	leaf					effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
root		root is parasitised by underground tuber			Orobanche ramosa	Hemp Broomrape	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche ramosa/	Orobanche ramosa	hemp broomrape		underground	tuber		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades			root		Major			underground tuber parasitises root
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph			Trichoderma longibrachiatum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Trichoderma longibrachiatum/	Trichoderma longibrachiatum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Trichoderma anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades		dead	stem					effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph			Trichocladium opacum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae	Trichocladium opacum, Kirk, P.M., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium opacum/	Trichocladium opacum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades		dead	stem					effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
tuber		tuber is galled by			Synchytrium endobioticum	Potato Wart, Black Potato Scab - causative organism, Potato Wart Disease	Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium endobioticum/	Synchytrium endobioticum	potato wart, black potato scab (causative organism), potato wart disease					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum/	Solanum	a genus of nightshades			tuber					causes gall of tuber

Author & Year	Title	Source
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles	3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kirk, P.M., 1994	Trichocladium opacum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1202.
Kirk, P.M., 1994	Trichocladium asperum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1201.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Solanum (a genus of nightshades) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SOLANACEAE
(nightshades)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Solanum capsicastrum Winter-cherry				Species		1 trophisms
Solanum carolinense Horse-nettle				Species		1 trophisms
Solanum dulcamara Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet				Species		29 trophisms
Solanum melongena Aubergine, Eggplant				Species		13 trophisms
Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade				Species		10 trophisms
Solanum triflorum Small Nightshade				Species			1 references
Solanum tuberosum Potato				Species		101 trophisms	5 references
Solanum vernei Purple Potato				Species			1 references
Solanum villosum Red Nightshade				Species	1 subtaxa		1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Solanum (a genus of nightshades)
Family	SOLANACEAE (nightshades)
Order	SOLANALES (bindweeds and nightshades)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Solanum is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Solanaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Solanum (a genus of nightshades)

Solanum (a genus of nightshades) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Solanum (a genus of nightshades):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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