Schwenckia
Genus of flowering plants
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Schwenckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Central America and South America, and with one species, S. americana, a widespread weed in Africa.[2] In the title of the generic description Linnaeus wrote "Schwenkia" but gave the binomial of the type species as Schwenckia americana, while quoting Dav. van Royen as the author.[3]
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| Flowers of Schwenckia curviflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Schwenckioideae |
| Genus: | Schwenckia L.[1] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Schwenckia alvaroana Benítez
- Schwenckia americana L.
- Schwenckia angustifolia Benth.
- Schwenckia aurantiaca Paucar & Stehmann
- Schwenckia breviseta Casar.
- Schwenckia curviflora Benth.
- Schwenckia elegans Carvalho
- Schwenckia filiformis Ekman ex Urb.
- Schwenckia glabrata Kunth
- Schwenckia grandiflora Benth.
- Schwenckia heterantha Carvalho
- Schwenckia huberi Benítez
- Schwenckia hyssopifolia Benth.
- Schwenckia juncoides Chodat
- Schwenckia lateriflora (Vahl) Carvalho
- Schwenckia longiseta Casar.
- Schwenckia micrantha Benth.
- Schwenckia mollissima Nees & Mart.
- Schwenckia novaveneciana Carvalho
- Schwenckia paniculata (Raddi) Carvalho
- Schwenckia trujilloi Benítez
- Schwenckia volubilis Benth.