Schwenckia

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]

Schwenckia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Schwenckioideae
Genus: Schwenckia
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Chaetochilus Vahl
  • Mathaea Vell.
  • Matthissonia Raddi

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Schwenckia alvaroana Benítez
  • Schwenckia americana L.
  • Schwenckia angustifolia Benth.
  • 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.

References
  1. Sp. Pl.: 577 (1764)
  2. "Schwenckia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. Heine, H. (1963). "On the Correct Spelling of the Generic Name Schwenckia D. Van Royen ex L. (Solanaceae), with a Note about Martin Wilhelm Schwencke". Kew Bulletin. 16 (3): 465–469. doi:10.2307/4114695. JSTOR 4114695.
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