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Athenaea (plant)

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Genus of flowering plants
See Aureliana Civitas for the Latin name of Orléans.

Athenaea
Athenaea fasciculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Physaleae
Subtribe: Withaninae
Genus: Athenaea
Sendtn. (1846), nom. cons.
Species

14; see text

Synonyms
  • Aureliana Sendtn. (1846), nom. illeg.
  • Witheringia Miers (1849), nom. illeg.

Athenaea is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae. It includes 14 species native to South America, ranging through Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. The greatest diversity of species is in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.

Species

14 species are accepted.

References

  1. ^ Athenaea Sendtn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. Priscilla M. Zamberlan; Izabella M. C. Rodrigues; Geraldo Mäder; Luana Castro; João R. Stehmann; Sandro L. Bonatto; Loreta B. Freitas (2015). "Re‐evaluation of the generic status of Athenaea and Aureliana (Withaniinae, Solanaceae) based on molecular phylogeny and morphology of the calyx". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (3): 322–334. doi:10.1111/boj.12246. ISSN 0024-4074.
Taxon identifiers
Athenaea
Aureliana


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