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Solanaceae: Economy, Economic importance & Description

Solanaceae (/ˌsɒləˈneɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. The family contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many members of the family have high alkaloid contents, making some highly toxic, but…

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Solanaceae topic overview

The analysis highlights Economy, Economic importance and Description as prominent areas in the source structure around Solanaceae.

Related topics
238
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
247
Extracted relationships
294
Concept neighborhoods
35
Bridge connections
247

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Alkaloids · 76 topics
Description · 59 topics
Overview · 31 topics
Economic importance · 23 topics
Evolution · 16 topics
Taxonomy · 15 topics
Etymology · 11 topics
Distribution and habitat · 6 topics
Ecology · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Etymology

Description

Taxonomy

Evolution

Distribution and habitat

Ecology

Alkaloids

Economic importance

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Solanaceae connects Entity context

The extracted context around Solanaceae shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Solanaceae → Academic Press, Akie, Albert, Bibcode, Columbia University Press, D'Arcy, Entani, EurekAlert, Fundamentals, Gene, Harper, Hatakeyama, Hawkes, Inc, ISBN, January, Kajihara, Ken-ichi, Kentaro, Kie Another extracted example is Solanaceae → Article, Chile, Chileflora, ChilefloraChilli, CornellImagines, Dallwitz, Family Solanaceae Archived, Front Plant Sci, Germán Octavio López Riquelme, IsraelSOL Genomics Network, Jakobsen, La, No, Note, Nuevo Mundo Archived, Sol Genomics NetworkSolanaceae Network, Solanaceae Archived, Solanaceae Resources, SolanaceaeSolanaceae, Solanum. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Solanaceae

Top relations

related to Further reading · 49
Solanaceae → Academic Press, Akie, Albert, Bibcode, Columbia University Press, D'Arcy, Entani, EurekAlert, Fundamentals, Gene, Harper, Hatakeyama, Hawkes, Inc, ISBN, January, Kajihara, Ken-ichi, Kentaro, Kie
related to External links · 31
Solanaceae → Article, Chile, Chileflora, ChilefloraChilli, CornellImagines, Dallwitz, Family Solanaceae Archived, Front Plant Sci, Germán Octavio López Riquelme, IsraelSOL Genomics Network, Jakobsen, La, No, Note, Nuevo Mundo Archived, Sol Genomics NetworkSolanaceae Network, Solanaceae Archived, Solanaceae Resources, SolanaceaeSolanaceae, Solanum
related to Economic importance · 30
Solanaceae → Acnistus, An, Blue Potato Bush, Boker, Browalia, Brugmansia, Brunfelsia, Calibrachoa, Capsicum, Cestrum, Datura, Examples, Hyoscyamus, Lycianthes, Lycium, Many, Nicotiana, Other, Paraguay Nightshade, Petchoa
related to References · 30
Solanaceae → Agricultura, Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Archived, Armando, Buenos Aires, Columbia University Press, D'Arcy, Dallwitz, Descripción, Dimitri, Editorial ACME, Enciclopedia Argentina, Gantner Verlag, Hunziker, ISBN, Jardinería, June, Liechtenstein, Plants, Retrieved
related to Tropanes · 25
Solanaceae → Atropa, Atropine, Atropos, Brugmansia, C8H15N, Datura, Despite, Greek Fate, Hyoscyamine, Hyoscyamus, In, Italian, IUPAC, Mandragora, More, Pharmacologically, Renaissance, Scopolamine, Scopolia, Symptoms
related to Dispersion and diversification · 19
Solanaceae → Africa, Americas, Atlantic, Columbian, Earth's, Eurasia, From South America, In, It, Its, Nightshades, North America, Oceania, Old World, Pacific, Solanales, South America, The, These
related to Taxonomy · 19
Solanaceae → Adanson, Antoine Laurent, Bontia, Boraginaceae, Crescentia, Following Jussieu's, French, Genera Plantarum, He, His, ICBN, Jussieu, Les Solanum, Michel Adanson's Familles, One, Plantes, Solaneæ, Some, Verbascum
related to Phylogeny · 17
Solanaceae → Another, Cestroideae, Duckeodendron, Goetzeoideae, Huang, It, Nicotianoideae, Olmstead, Petunioideae, Schizanthoideae, Schizanthus, Schwenckioideae, Schwenkioideae, Solanoideae, Subfamilial, Särkinen, The
related to Origin · 11
Solanaceae → During, Estimates, K-Pg, Only, Paleocene-Eocene, Physalideae, Physalis, Solanoideae, The, Their, Using
related to Etymology · 10
Solanaceae → Alternatively, At, Dutch, German, Germanic, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Solanum, The

Important terminology

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Important terminology

family species solanum plants used nightshades plant flowers one cestroideae 12 many solanoideae nicotine order found genera leaves datura capsaicin

Solanaceae relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 294 structured relationships around Solanaceae. Examples in this analysis include German nachtschatten → instance of → cognate with Germanic words and birds.PhylogenyThe exact relationships within Solanaceae are generally poorly understood → instance of → or carried by migrating animals. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
German nachtschatteninstance ofcognate with Germanic words0.80text
Dutch nachtschadeinstance ofcognate with Germanic words0.80text
birds.PhylogenyThe exact relationships within Solanaceae are generally poorly understoodinstance ofor carried by migrating animals0.80text
birdsinstance ofor carried by migrating animals0.80text
the potatoinstance ofand tubers of various Solanaceae0.80text
tomatoinstance ofand tubers of various Solanaceae0.80text
Solanum nigrum or Solanum dulcamarainstance ofSolanine has occasionally been responsible for poisonings in people who ate berries from species0.80text
or green potatoes.TropanesThe terminstance ofSolanine has occasionally been responsible for poisonings in people who ate berries from species0.80text
sarininstance ofwhich can be caused by overexposure to organophosphate insecticides and chemical warfare agents0.80text
VXinstance ofwhich can be caused by overexposure to organophosphate insecticides and chemical warfare agents0.80text
eggplantsinstance ofEdible Solanaceae0.80text
tomatoesinstance ofEdible Solanaceae0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Solanaceae bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Species, Found and Solanum. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • family
    • Cestroideae
    • Solanaceae
    • Subfamilies
    • Species
    • Name
    • Many
    • Solanum
    • Plants
    • Members
    • Order
    • Solanoideae
    • Genera
  • Solanaceae
    • Species
    • Found
    • Solanum
    • South
    • Various
    • Genera
    • Plant
    • Genus
    • Also
    • Name
    • Cestroideae
    • Flowers
  • solanaceae
    • Species
    • Found
    • Solanum
    • South
    • Various
    • Genera
    • Plant
    • Genus
    • Also
    • Name
    • Cestroideae
    • Flowers
  • world flora online
    • Many
    • Plants
    • Potatoes
    • Commonly
    • High
    • Members
    • Tobacco
    • America
    • South
    • Subfamilies
    • Various
    • Family
  • old world
    • Many
    • Plants
    • Potatoes
    • Commonly
    • High
    • Members
    • Tobacco
    • America
    • South
    • Subfamilies
    • Various
    • Family
  • tobacco plant
    • Nicotine
    • Tobacco
    • Used
    • South
    • World
    • Solanum
    • Also
    • Plants
    • Flowers
    • Genera
    • Solanaceae
    • Leaves
  • cestroideae
    • Solanoideae
    • Subfamilies
    • Family
    • Schizanthus
    • Datura
    • Genus
    • High
    • Members
    • Generally
    • Name
    • Found
    • Many
  • type genus
    • Solanoideae
    • Solanum
    • Cestroideae
    • Capsicum
    • Members
    • Datura
    • Subfamilies
    • Name
    • Found
    • Plant
    • Nightshades
    • Species

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Solanaceae, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Solanaceae with Alkaloids. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SolanaceaeAlkaloids · splits 171 ⟂ 77
SolanaceaeDescription · splits 188 ⟂ 60
SolanaceaeOverview · splits 216 ⟂ 32
SolanaceaeEconomic importance · splits 224 ⟂ 24
SolanaceaeEvolution · splits 231 ⟂ 17
SolanaceaeTaxonomy · splits 232 ⟂ 16
SolanaceaeEtymology · splits 236 ⟂ 12
SolanaceaeDistribution and habitat · splits 241 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Solanaceae

Nodes248
Edges247
Triples294
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008065
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Solanaceae to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Economy, Economic importance & Description, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Solanaceae · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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