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Atropa physalodes

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Name

Identification
Atropa physalodes L. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Physalis daturifolia
  • Atropa physalodes
  • Nicandra not on sheet
  • Nicandra physalodes

Flora

Entry for NICANDRA physaloides Gærtn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
NICANDRA physaloides Gærtn. [family SOLANACEAE], Fruct. ii. 237, t. 131, fig. 2;—Bot. Mag. t. 2458; Miers, Ill. S. Amer. Pl. t. 43; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 434; Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 257.
NICANDRA minor Hort. ex Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], l.c. 434.
Atropa physalodes Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 181.
Physalis daturæfolia Lam. [family SOLANACEAE], Encycl. ii. 102.
Physalis peruviana Mill. [family SOLANACEAE], Dict. ed. 8, n. 16, not of Linn.
Calydermos erosus Ruiz & Pav. [family SOLANACEAE], Fl. Per. ii. 44.
Physalodes peruvianum O. Kuntze [family SOLANACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 452.
Physalodes physalodes Britton [family SOLANACEAE], in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, v. 287.
Information
a much-branched herb; stem more or less angular; leaves ovate-oblong, sinuate-serrate, acuminate, tapering towards the base, glabrous, up to 5 in. by 3 in.; petiole 1/2–2 in. long, narrowly winged; flowers solitary; calyx 5-partite, 5-angled; segments cordate, acuminate, 9 lin. long, 6 lin. broad; corolla purple, 1 1/2 in. in diam.; tube campanulate; lobes short, transversely oblong; stamens much shorter than the corolla; filaments inserted near the corolla-base, subulate, hairy at the base; anthers ovate; ovary ovoid; style filiform; stigma capitate; berry globose, 6 lin. in diam., smooth, enclosed in the enlarged calyx; seeds 1/2 lin. in diam., compressed, minutely papillate. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; near Pietermaritzburg, Wilms, 2171! Inanda, Wood, 102! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1218!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1012! near Pretoria, Kirk, 33!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Forbes, 240!
Notes
Introduced; a native of Peru.

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