Solanaceae

Atropa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 181 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Europe, Medit. to Himalaya.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Assam, Baltic States, China Southeast, Denmark, Illinois, India, Ireland, Missouri, New Zealand South, South Australia, Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Belladona Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Belolipor, I. K:SPC-45893.000 No
S.coll [321] India Pauia K001691271 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0