A revision of the clade (Elaeagnifolium clade; subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae).

The clade (Elaeagnifolium clade) contains five species of small, often rhizomatous, shrubs from deserts and dry forests in North and South America. Members of the clade were previously classified in sections , and , and were not thought to be closely related. The group is sister to the species-rich monophyletic Old World clade of spiny solanums.