Solanaceae
Fls perfect, mostly 5-merous, in cymes or umbels or solitary, regular or nearly so. Calyx (4)-5-(10)-lobed, persistent, sts enlarging at fruiting stage. Corolla us. gamopetalous, us. 5-lobed, rotate to tubular, us. plicate. Stamens inserted on corolla-tube, alt. with lobes, sts only 4 or 2 fertile; anthers 2-celled, sts connivent, dehiscing apically by pores or longitudinally. Hypog. disk us. present. Ovary superior, us. 2-loculed; placentae axile, ovules ∞; stigma 2-lobed; fr. a berry or capsule; seeds with endosperm. Herbs, shrubs, lianes or trees with alt. simple exstipulate lvs (sts ± pinnatifid). Upper lvs sts opp. or subopp. Some 85 genera and > 2200 spp., mostly of tropical and southern America, but some genera widespread.
