Iochroma is a genus of about 34 species of shrubs and small trees belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Species are native from Mexico to south Brazil. They are found in the forests of Mexico and South America. Their hummingbird-pollinated flowers are tubular or trumpet-shaped, and may be blue, purple, red, yellow, or white, becoming pulpy berries. The cupular (cup-shaped) calyx is inflated in some species. The leaves are alternate, simple, and entire.
Parodiodendron is a monotypic plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus in 1969. The sole species is Parodiodendron marginivillosum(Speg.) Hunz..
Mellissia was formerly a monotypic genus in the family Solanaceae with the single species, Mellissia begoniifolia, endemic to the island of Saint Helena. It was named by Joseph Dalton Hooker in honour of John Charles Melliss, a 19th-century engineer and amateur naturalist who worked on Saint Helena. The plant is now known correctly as Withania begoniifolia (Roxb.) Hunz. & Barboza, the genus Mellissia having been subsumed in the genus Withania.
Timothy Charles Plowman was an ethnobotanist best known for his intensive work over the course of 15 years on the genus Erythroxylum in general, and the cultivated coca species in particular. He collected more than 700 specimens from South America, housed in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History. The standard author abbreviation Plowman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Balbisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae. It is also in the Vivianiaceae subfamily.
The Solanaceae, or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals. Many members of the family contain potent alkaloids, and some are highly toxic, but many—including tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell and chili peppers—are used as food. The family belongs to the order Solanales, in the asterid group and class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons). The Solanaceae consists of about 98 genera and some 2,700 species, with a great diversity of habitats, morphology and ecology.
Trozelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also within the Physalinae (Miers) Hunz. subtribe.
Darcyanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The single known species is Darcyanthus spruceanus(Hunz.) Hunz. ex N.A.Harriman
Deprea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.
Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It just contains one species, Neomortonia roseaWiehler
Saracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is in the Solanoideae subfamily.
Przewalskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.
Pauia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It only contains one known species, Pauia belladonnaDeb & Ratna Dutta
Schultesianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.
Henoonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Henoonia myrtifolia. It is native to Cuba.
Hunzikeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.
Metternichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Metternichia principisJ.C.Mikan.
Nectouxia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Nectouxia formosa. It is in the Solanoideae subfamily and in Subtribe Salpichroinae, which is a subtribe of Physaleae.
Plowmania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Plowmania nyctaginoides.
Poortmannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also in Solanoideae subfamily, tribe Solandreae Miers and also subtribe Juanulloinae. The genus has only one known species, Poortmannia speciosaDrake.
