Athenaea (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
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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.[1] The greatest diversity of species is in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.[2]
| Athenaea | |
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| Athenaea fasciculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Physaleae |
| Subtribe: | Withaninae |
| Genus: | Athenaea Sendtn. (1846), nom. cons. |
| Species[1] | |
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14; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
14 species are accepted.[1]
- Athenaea altoserranae I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
- Athenaea angustifolia (Alm.-Lafetá) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
- Athenaea anonacea Sendtn.
- Athenaea brasiliana Hunz.
- Athenaea cuspidata Witasek
- Athenaea fasciculata (Vell.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann (synonym Aureliana fasciculata (Vell.) Sendtn.)
- Athenaea hunzikeriana I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
- Athenaea martiana Sendtn.
- Athenaea picta (Mart.) Sendtn.
- Athenaea pogogena (Moric.) Sendtn.
- Athenaea sellowiana (Sendtn.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
- Athenaea tomentosa (Sendtn.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
- Athenaea velutina (Sendtn.) D'Arcy
- Athenaea wettsteiniana (Witasek) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann