This is a list of species in the botanical genus Solanum. There are approximately 1500 species that occur in Central and North America, Australia and Africa. Some former Solanum species are now included in the genus Lycianthes. The list is incomplete.
- Solanum adscendens – Sonoita Nightshade
- Solanum ajanhuiri
- Solanum albornozii
- Solanum americanum – American Nightshade, American Black Nightshade, Glossy Nightshade
- Solanum amygdalifolium
- Solanum arcanum – "wild tomato"
- Solanum aviculare – Poroporo (New Zealand), Kangaroo Apple (Australia)
- Solanum bellum
- Solanum betaceum – Tree tomato, tamarillo
- Solanum bukasovii
- Solanum bulbocastanum – Ornamental Nightshade
- Solanum bullatum
- Solanum burtonii
- Solanum cajanumense
- Solanum cardiophyllum – Heart-leaved Nightshade
- Solanum carolinense – Horsenettle
- Solanum centrale – bush tomato (Central Australia)
- Solanum cheesmaniae
- Solanum chenopodioides – Goosefoot Nightshade, Slender Nightshade (including S. gracilius)
- Solanum chilliasense
- Solanum chimborazense
- Solanum chrysasteroides
- Solanum cinnamomeum
- Solanum commersonii – Commerson's Nightshade
- Solanum conocarpum – Marron Bacoba
- Solanum cremastanthemum
- Solanum crispum – Chilean Potato Vine, Chilean Nightshade, Chilean Potato Tree
- Solanum davisense – Davis' Horsenettle
- Solanum demissum – Dwarf Wild Potato
- Solanum densepilosulum
- Solanum diphyllum – Twin-leaved nightshade
- Solanum dolichorhachis
- Solanum donianum – Mullein Nightshade
- Solanum douglasii – Green-spotted Nightshade
- Solanum dulcamara – Bittersweet
- Solanum erianthum – Potato Tree, Mullein Nightshade
- Solanum elaeagnifolium – Silverleaf Nightshade
- Solanum fallax
- Solanum ferox – Hairy-fruited Eggplant, Thai Hairy-fruited Eggplant
- Solanum fortunense
- Solanum furcatum – Forked Nightshade
- Solanum galapagense
- Solanum glabratum
- Solanum grayi vars. grandiflorum (basal) and grayi (smaller-flowered in sympatry with Solanum lumholtzianum )
- Solanum haleakalaense
- Solanum hindsianum – Hinds' Nightshade
- Solanum huaylasense
- Solanum hypermegethes
- Solanum hypocalycosarcum
- Solanum imbaburense
- Solanum interandinum
- Solanum interius
- Solanum jamesii – Wild Potato
- Solanum lasiocarpum Indian nightshade
- Solanum latiflorum
- Solanum laxum – Jasmine Nightshade
- Solanum leiophyllum
- Solanum leucodendron
- Solanum lobbianum
- Solanum lumholtzianum – Sonoran Nightshade
- Solanum luteoalbum (including S. semicoalitum)
- Solanum lycocarpum – Wolf Apple, fruta-de-lobo, lobeira (Brazil)
- Solanum lycopersicoides – Peruvian Wolfpeach
- Solanum lycopersicum – Tomato
- Solanum macrocarpon
- Solanum mauritianum – Woolly Nightshade, Ear-leaved Nightshade, Flannel Weed, Bugweed, Tobacco Weed, Kerosene Plant, "wild tobacco" (Australia)
- Solanum melissarum
- Solanum minutifoliolum
- Solanum muricatum – Pepino dulce, pepino melon, melon pear, "pepino", "tree melon"
- Solanum nigrescens – Divine Nightshade
- Solanum nigrum – European Black Nightshade, "black nightshade"
- Solanum nudum – Forest Nightshade
- Solanum ovum-fringillae
- Solanum paralum
- Solanum parishii – Parish's Nightshade
- Solanum paucijugum
- Solanum peruvianum – Peruvian Nightshade, "wild tomato"
- Solanum phureja
- Solanum pimpinellifolium – Currant Tomato
- Solanum pinetorum
- Solanum pinnatisectum – Tansy-leaved Nightshade
- Solanum polygamum – Cakalaka Berry
- Solanum pseudocapsicum – Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Winter Cherry, "winter cherry" (including S. capsicastrum)
- Solanum pseudogracile – Glowing Nightshade
- Solanum pseudoquina (including S. inaequale )
- Solanum ptychanthum – West Indian Nightshade, Eastern Black Nightshade
- Solanum pyrifolium
- Solanum regularifolium
- Solanum retroflexum – Wonderberry, Sunberry
- Solanum riedlei – Riedle's Nightshade
- Solanum robustum
- Solanum rostratum (seeds of which were ordered by Charles Darwin approx. 10 days prior to his death)
- Solanum rudepannum
- Solanum rugosum – tabacon aspero
- Solanum sarrachoides – Hairy Nightshade
- Solanum scabrum – Garden Huckleberry
- Solanum sejunctum Australian Eggplant ( Identified by Kym Brennan, Christopher T. Martine, & David E. Symon. First living collection grown by Alexander R. Scharf in the SUNY Plattsburgh Greenhouse.)
- Solanum seaforthianum – Brazilian Nightshade
- Solanum sibundoyense
- Solanum sodiroi (including S. carchiense)
- Solanum stoloniferum – Tigna Potato, Fendler's Horsenettle
- Solanum sycocarpum
- Solanum sisymbriifolium
- Solanum tenuipes – Fancy Nightshade
- Solanum ternatum (including S. ternifolium)
- Solanum tobagense
- Solanum torvum – Turkey Berry
- Solanum triflorum – Cut-leaved Nightshade
- Solanum trilobatum
- Solanum triquetrum – Texas Nightshade
- Solanum tuberosum – Potato
- Solanum umbelliferum – Bluewitch Nightshade
- Solanum villosum – Yellow Nightshade
- Solanum violaceum
- Solanum viride – Green Nightshade
- Solanum wallacei – Wallace's Nightshade, Catalina Nightshade, Clokey's Nightshade, "wild tomato" (including S. clokeyi)
- Solanum woodburyi – Woodbury's Nightshade
- Solanum xanti – Purple Nightshade, San Diego Nightshade
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