Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Solanales - (Family) Solanaceae
Original position
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Solanoideae (Subfamily) Burnett | 
						Ref: 
							
								D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 804.
							 [rough position] | 
					
					
						| Solaneae (Tribe) | 
							Ref: 
								
									A. Takhtajan, 1997: 437.
								 | 
						
						
							| Solanaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. | 
								Ref: 
									
										R. van der Meijden, 1990: 363.
									 | 
							
							
								| Angiospermophyta (Phylum) | 
									Ref: 
										
											L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 270.
										 [rough position] | 
								
								
									| Solanaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. | 
										Ref: 
											
												A. Cronquist, 1982: 448.
											 | 
									
									
										| Solanaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. | 
											Ref: 
												
													L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981
												 | 
										
										
											| Pentandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval. | 
												Ref: 
													
														C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 184.
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