 Recent authors have treated "Cyphomandra" as a clade within the genus "Solanum" rather than as a separate genus, uniting the members of the old genus with some other "Solanum".This lineage is one among a group related to part of the traditional subgenus "Leptostemonum".Thus, if it is preferred to retain the taxon, "Cyphomandra" is probably best considered a section in "Solanum" subgenus "Leptostemonum".