Withania
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| Withania | |
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| Withania frutescens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Physaleae |
| Subtribe: | Withaninae |
| Genus: | Withania[1] Pauquy, 1825 |
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Alicabon Raf. |
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Withania is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
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[edit] Etymology
Withania Pauquy, Diss. Bellad. 14 (1825) (nom. cons.); Supposed to be in honour of Henry Witham, a British geologist and writer on fossil botany in the nineteenth century.[2]
[edit] Selected species
- Withania adunensis Vierh.
- Withania riebeckii Schweinf.
- Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal – Ashwaganda, Indian Ginseng, Winter Cherry
- Withania coagulans (Dunal) – Paneer dodi, Ashutosh booti (Sanskrit, Hindi)[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Withania Pauquy". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12857. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Withania". Electronic Flora of South Australia. Government of South Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Solanaceae/Solanaceae%20species/key/Australian%20Solanaceae%20species/Media/Html/Withania.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal". Flora of Pakistan. eFlora.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426281.
- ^ "Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102409.
[edit] External links
Media related to Withania at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Withania at Wikispecies
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