Flora of Paraiba, Brazil: Solanum L., Solanaceae

(Flora of Paraiba, Brazil: Solanum L.. Solanaceae). This taxonomic treatment of the genus Solanum is part of the Flora da Paraiba project which aims to identify and catalogue the species of the local flora. Botanical collections, field observations and morphological Studies were done for identification, description and botanical illustration of the plant species, also supported by the literature and analysis of Brazilian and foreign herbaria, plus specimens from EAN and JPB herbaria. Twenty two species of Solanum were recorded in the state of Paraiba: Solanum agrarium Sendtn., S. americanum Mill., S. asperum Rich., S. asterophorum Mart., S. caavurana Veil., S. capsicoides All., S. crinitum Lam., S. jabrense Agra & M.Nee, S. melissarum Bobs, S. ovum-fringillae (Dunal) Bolis, S. palinacanthum Dunal, S. paludosum Moric., S. paniculatum L., S. paraibanum Agra, S. polytrichum Moric., S. rhytidoandrum Sendtn., Solanum sp., S. stagnale Moric., S. stipulaceum Roem. & Schult., S. stramoniifolium Jacq., S. swartzianum Roem. & Schult. and S. torvum Sw. Three species are new records for Paraiba: S. ovum-fringillae. Solanum sp. and S. swartzianum.