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=== Hey Julian ===
[[File:Solanum Lycopersicum tomkin 1.jpg|thumb|Unripe fruit of ''Solanum lycopersicum'' ([[tomato]])]]'''''Solanum''''' is a large and diverse [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the [[potato]], the [[tomato]] and the [[eggplant]] (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family [[Solanaceae]], comprising around 1,500 species. It also contains the so-called horse nettles (unrelated to the genus of true nettles, ''[[Urtica]]''), as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit.
''Solanum'' species show a wide range of [[growth habit]]s, such as [[annual plant|annual]]s and [[perennial plant|perennial]]s, [[vine]]s, [[subshrub]]s, [[shrub]]s, and small [[tree]]s. Many formerly independent genera like ''[[Lycopersicon]]'' (the tomatoes) and ''[[Cyphomandra]]'' are now included in ''Solanum'' as [[subgenera]] or [[section (botany)|section]]s. Thus, the genus today contains roughly 1,500–2,000 [[species]].
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The generic name was first used by [[Pliny the Elder]] (AD 23–79) for a plant also known as {{wikt-lang|la|strychnos}}, most likely ''S. nigrum''. Its derivation is uncertain, possibly stemming from the [[Latin]] word {{wikt-lang|la|sol}}, meaning "sun", referring to its status as a plant of the sun.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2ndDtX-RjYkC | title = CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Vol. 4, R-Z | first = U. | last = Quattrocchi | publisher = Taylor and Francis | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-8493-2678-3 | page = 2058 }}</ref>
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