Talk:Solanum

S. americanum

S. americanum is known as poroporo in New Zealand and I have re-edited as such. It is native to more than one country. See Landcare Research for an authorative reference. Alan Liefting 06:04, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Solanum sodomeum

Why does this photo appear in the article, yet the species is not included in the species list? Badagnani 03:47, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

• Solanum sodomeum is rejected under the relevant provisions of the ICBN, and should not be used. The reason for rejection, and the appropriate name for the taxon aren't obviously available on the web, but there's a Taxon article at JSTOR which might shed some light. Lavateraguy 19:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Native to?

The article should state which regions of the world solanum is native to. The Americas (tomato) and Asia (eggplant) would be two areas, I guess. Badagnani 04:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Major food crops

Shouldn't capsicum be included here, too? Surely it's at least as widely grown, if not more so, than eggplant?--H-ko 13:36, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

capsicum

I believe chile peppers (listed here as solanum capsicum) are actually in the capsicum Genus.Joe Schmedley 00:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• That's correct. I've already removed Solanum capsicum from the list; there appears to be no such species. (The alternatives would be something other than a chilli pepper, or an unusual and rejected name for one of the chilli peppers.) Lavateraguy 19:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Solanum villosum

Wtf? http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jobj/runjava.jobj?java=ctol.CTOLServer&method=printNamePage&accountref=987&NAMEID=11778. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?101393 Says that Solanum villosum is Red Nightshade. Should the article be changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LunaRain (talk • contribs) 01:32, 16 December 2008 (UTC)