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479.0000 Family Solanaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 124 (1789), nom. cons.
96 genera, ca. 2900 spp. Phylogeny: Olmstead et al. (2008), Cole et al. (2020)
Species listed in database: 2784; hybrids: 19
= Atropaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 57 (1820)
= Browalliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 243 (1820)
= Cestraceae Schltdl.; Linnaea 8: 250 (1833)
= Daturaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 243 (1820)
= Duckeodendraceae Kuhlm.; Arq. Serv. Florest. 3: 7 (1950)
= Goetzeaceae Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 191 (1870)
= Hyoscyamaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 272, 294 (1818)
= Lyciaceae Raf.; Autik. Bot. 1: 15 (1840)
= Nicotianaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 416 (1820)
= Nolanaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 244 (1820), nom. cons.
= Salpiglossidaceae Hutch.; Evol. Phylogeny Fl. Pl. 631 (1969)
= Sclerophylacaceae Miers; London J. Bot. 7: 58 (1848)
479.8039 Genus Alkekengi Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
Distribution: temperate Old World. Because the genus Physalis is confined to the Americas, the Eurasian species have to be separated (Applequist 2012)
Species listed in database: 1
= Megista Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 115 (1869)
species :
Alkekengi officinarum Moench; Methodus [Moench], Suppl. 177 (1802)
Name: Gewöhnliche Blasenkirsche (DE), Chinese Lantern, Strawberry Groundcherry (EN)
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I]); Netherlands [I]; +Belgium; Germany (Brandenburg [I], Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hessen [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland [I], Sachsen [I], Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; ?Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (rare N- & C-Greece, also Thasos, Samothraki); Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco [I]; Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Sao Tiago); Siberia (Krasnoyarsk); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Qunduz); China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Jhelum); Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Darjeeling, Sikkim); Vietnam [I]; Australia [I] (Victoria [I]); Canada [I] (Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Ontario [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], Illinois [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Nebraska [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Tennessee [I], Vermont [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I])
10 grb 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE net POL SLO SWI 12 COR FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS ROM SLV SRB TUE 14 BLR KRY RUS UKR 20 mor 21 CVI 30 SIB 32 KAZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 vie 50 aus 71 cdn 72 cdn 74 usa 75 usa 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Boberella alkekengi (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, Abbild., 10: 59 (1903)
= Megista maxima Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 115 (1869)
= Nicandra indica (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 682 (1819)
= Physalis alkekengi L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 183 (1753)
= Physalis alkekengi var. anthoxantha H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 266 (1909)
= Physalis alkekengi var. orientalis Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 18: 136 (1911)
= Physalis alvarisii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 368 (2001)
= Physalis divaricata D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 97 (1825)
= Physalis halicacabum Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 370 (1766)
= Physalis hyemalis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 132 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Physalis indica Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 102 (1786)
= Physalis indica var. microcarpa Nees; Linnaea 6: 477 (1831)
= Physalis joe-diasii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 369 (2001)
= Physalis kansuensis Pojark.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 329 (1954)
= Physalis minima var. indica (Lam.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 238 (1885)
= Physalis sendtneri Dunal; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 438 (1852)
variant :
var. franchetii (Mast.) R.J.Wang; Phytotaxa 178(1): 59 (2014)
Name: Japanische Blasenkirsche (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; Russian Far East (Primorye); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Tajikistan; China (throughout); North Korea; South Korea; Japan [I]; Pakistan [I]
11 ger hun slo 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK 36 CHI 38 jap KOR NKO 40 pak
Synonyms: hidden
= Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 34 (1908)
= Physalis alkekengi var. glabripes (Pojark.) Grubov; Rast. Tsentral. Azii 5: 105 (1970)
= Physalis bunyardii Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 3: 27 (1926)
= Physalis franchetii Mast.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 16: 434, 441, f. 57 (1894)
= Physalis franchetii var. bunyardii Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 3(7): 27 (1926)
= Physalis glabripes Pojark.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 325 (1954)
= Physalis praetermissa Pojark.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 322 (1954)
= Physalis sanukimonticola Akasawa; Phytotax. Rep. Akasawa Bot. Lab. 1(1): 12 (1987)
= Physalis szechuanica Pojark.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 330 (1954)
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