A taxonomic treatment of the genus Solanum was done as part of the project "Flora da Paraíba", which aims to identify and catalogue the species of the local flora. Botanical collections, field observations and morphological studies were done for identification, description and botanical illustration of the plant species, supported by the literature and analysis of national and foreign herbaria, and specimens from EAN and JPB. Twenty two species of Solanum were recorded in State of Paraíba, as follows: Solanum agrarium Sendtn., S. americanum Mill., S. asperum Rich., S. asterophorum Mart., S. caavurana Vell., S. capsicoides All., S. crinitum Lam., S. jabrense Agra & M.Nee, S. melissarum Bohs, S. ovum-fringillae (Dunal) Bohs, S. palinacanthum Dunal, S. paludosum Moric., S. paniculatum L., S. paraibanum Agra, S. polytrichum Moric., S. rhytidoandrum Sendtn., Solanum sp., S. stagnale Moric., S. stipulaceum Roem. & Schult., S. stramoniifolium Jacq., S. swartzianum Roem. & Schult. and S. torvum Sw. Three species are new records for Paraíba: S. ovum-fringillae, Solanum sp. and S. swartzianum.
Flora paraibana; Jurubeba; Northeastern Brazil
