Solanaceae Source is a taxonomically authoritative dataset focused on the nightshade family Solanaceae. The data comprises species descriptions, images, synonymy, classification, and taxonomically verified specimen records of Solanaceae. The dataset includes 1,505 species descriptions, 14,258 names (incl. synonymy), and over 233,000 specimen records from all over the world from 549 herbaria. Only records originating from South America are represented in speciesLink, and there are currently 32,814 specimens from Brazil. in the database. The dataset is strongest for the genus Solanum, but ongoing work in other genera is enriching those as we proceed. The data is available on the Solanaceae Source website (http://www.solanaceaesource.org) and is being built into a new GBIF Hosted Data Portal (https://solanaceae.hp.gbif-staging.org/). Solanaceae Source is curated by Tiina Sarkinen and Sandra Knapp, and the data comes from a network of Solanaceae taxonomists via direct contributions or their published works (Alex Monro, Andor Vente, Andres Orejuela, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Billie Turner, Briggitthe Melchor-Castro, Carmen Benitez, Carmen Fernandez, Chris Martine, Clara Ines Orozoco, David Spooner, Donald McClelland, Duban Canal, Ellen Dean, Eric Tepe, Erwin Pereyra, Fatima Agra, Federico Luebert, Flor Tantalean, Franco Chiarini, Frank Farruggia, Gloria Barboza, Greg Anderson, Iris Edith Peralta, Jacob Bryant, James Henrickson, João Stehmann, Juan Tovar, Laurence Haegi, Leandro Giacomin, Lucovica Santilli, Lynn Bohs, Marcia Vignoli-Silva, Maria del Pilas Zamora-Tavares, Mahinda Martinez, Maria Vorontsova, Marco Cueva, Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz, Michael Dillon, Michael Nee, Nicolas Lavandero, Ofelia Vargas-Ponce, Paul Gonzales, Rafael Costa-Silva, Richard Balvin, Robin Fernandez-Hilario, Rocio Deanna, Segundo Leiva, Stacey Smith, Stephen Stern, Thomas Mione, Tony Bean, Valéria Sampaio, Vanessa Moreles-Fierro, Victor Quipuscoa, Xavier Aubriot, Yuri Gouvêa). The database was established in 2004 by Sandra Knapp, Lynn Bohs, David Spooner and Michael Nee funded initially by the US National Science Foundation. Since its establishment, the database has been spearheaded by the vision and energy of Sandra Knapp.

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Specimen data from the Natural History Museum collections is

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Solanaceae Source (www.solanaceaesource.org)

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