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Old October 18, 2008   #7
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AFAIK They are all in the Familiy Solanaceae. So the three would be grouped as "solanacids" with just potatoes and tomatoes being in the Genus Solanum. To be grammaticaly correct you would write "species of Solanum" w/ cap, or "solanums or solanum species" lower case. Fun with Latin-Yay!
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