The Solanaceae Source web site is the product of an ongoing five year project: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI) Solanum: A worldwide treatment.
The aim of the project is to produce a worldwide taxonomic monograph of the species occurring within the plant genus Solanum, organised by a robust phylogenetic framework.
The project began in January 2004 and is just one of four inventories funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) at that time.
The project is made possible through collaborations between Solanaceae specialists worldwide, with principal investigators from: