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<h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p>The following families are included here in newer systems such as that of the <a href="/facts/Angiosperm_Phylogeny_Group/HPTcwEPr">Angiosperm Phylogeny Group</a> (APG): </p> <ul><li>Family <a href="/facts/Solanaceae/HQPdeAVC">Solanaceae</a> (<a href="/facts/Nightshade/HQPdeAVC">nightshade</a> family; includes Nolanaceae as well as <a href="/facts/Potato/F8jRVExs">potatoes</a>, <a href="/facts/Eggplant/UTRtUSsd">eggplants</a>, <a href="/facts/Tomato/3d5Xsqw7">tomatoes</a>, <a href="/facts/Capsicum/oqoEFu4F">chilli peppers</a>, <a href="/facts/Tobacco/bTD4RUPQ">tobacco</a>, and <a href="/facts/Petunia/ASe88e60">petunias</a>.)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Convolvulaceae/JguAbh5K">Convolvulaceae</a> (<a href="/facts/Morning_glory/ePrQH3uB">morning glory</a> and <a href="/facts/Sweet_potato/CFN3IMdj">sweet potato</a>)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Montiniaceae/9m2t1KUY">Montiniaceae</a></li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Sphenocleaceae/q8l3oEgF">Sphenocleaceae</a></li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Hydroleaceae/MsEPnIM9">Hydroleaceae</a></li></ul> <p>The APG II classification treats the Solanales in the group <a href="/facts/Euasterids_I/dQK3vQS5">Euasterids I</a>. </p><p> Under the older <a href="/facts/Cronquist_system/XHFWQ4dQ">Cronquist system</a>, the latter three families were placed elsewhere, and a number of others were included: </p> <ul><li>Family <a href="/facts/Duckeodendraceae/HQPdeAVC">Duckeodendraceae</a> (now treated as a <a href="/facts/Synonym_(taxonomy)/BHLdox7E">synonym</a> of Solanaceae)</li> <li>Family Nolanaceae (now treated as a synonym of Solanaceae)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Cuscutaceae/XXPdQAKa">Cuscutaceae</a> (now treated as a synonym of Convolvulaceae)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Retziaceae/jgndFbLo">Retziaceae</a> (now treated as a synonym of <a href="/facts/Stilbaceae/jgndFbLo">Stilbaceae</a>, order <a href="/facts/Lamiales/yDY1ElfU">Lamiales</a>)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Menyanthaceae/MB0WW5yG">Menyanthaceae</a> (now placed in order <a href="/facts/Asterales/BrQeTwN8">Asterales</a>)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Polemoniaceae/AwFCxeXs">Polemoniaceae</a> (now placed in order <a href="/facts/Ericales/P786XDgF">Ericales</a>)</li> <li>Family <a href="/facts/Hydrophyllaceae/sYQaXBrQ">Hydrophyllaceae</a> (now treated as a synonym of <a href="/facts/Boraginaceae/wGbPMTXF">Boraginaceae</a>)</li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/facts/Dahlgren_system/bdvgygmR">classification system of Dahlgren</a> the Solanales were in the <a href="/facts/Superorder/GKLJvIpt">superorder</a> Solaniflorae (also called Solananae). </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solanales. <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Solanales</i>. <ul><li><a href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500033">"Solanales"</a>. <a href="/facts/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System/nVg7fQUG">Integrated Taxonomic Information System</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/8830.htm">Systema Naturae 2000</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040419011418/http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/8830.htm">Archived</a> 2004-04-19 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li> Media related to Solanales at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>