List of Solanales of South Africa explained

Solanales is an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).

Four families are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Convolvulaceae

Astripomoea

Genus Astripomoea:

Bonamia

Genus Bonamia:

Calystegia

Genus Calystegia:

Convolvulus

Genus Convolvulus:

Cuscuta

Genus Cuscuta:

Dichondra

Genus Dichondra:

Evolvulus

Genus Evolvulus :

Falkia

Genus Falkia:

Hewittia

Genus Hewittia:

Ipomoea

Genus Ipomoea:

Jacquemontia

Genus Jacquemontia:

Merremia

Genus Merremia:

Paralepistemon

Genus Paralepistemon:

Poranopsis

Genus Poranopsis:

Seddera

Genus Seddera:

Stictocardia

Genus Stictocardia:

Turbina

Genus Turbina:

Xenostegia

Genus Xenostegia:

Montiniaceae

Family: Montiniaceae,

Montinia

Genus Montinia:

Solanaceae

Family: Solanaceae,

Atropa

Genus Atropa:

Brugmansia

Genus Brugmansia:

Capsicum

Genus Capsicum:

Cestrum

Genus Cestrum:

Cyphomandra

Genus Cyphomandra:

Datura

Genus Datura:

Lycium

Genus Lycium:

Nicandra

Genus Nicandra:

Nicotiana

Genus Nicotiana:

Nierembergia

Genus Nierembergia:

Physalis

Genus Physalis:

Salpichroa

Genus Salpichroa:

Solanum

Genus Solanum:

Withania

Genus Withania:

Sphenocleaceae

Family: Sphenocleaceae,

Sphenoclea

Genus Sphenoclea: