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Atropa L.

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Atropa L., Sp. Pl. 181 (1753)
Atropa L.
Names_Fungi record source Atropa

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
181
ICN
Atropa L.
genus
Atropa

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Atropa

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Atropa L.

Unarmed, perennial herbs, ± erect. Lvs petiolate, opposite or alternate, simple, rather large, entire. Fls solitary, axillary. Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate, accrescent, sometimes almost leaflike. Corolla tubular-campanulate, purplish, with short 5-lobed limb. Stamens 5, included or slightly exserted, subequal; filaments adnate to base of corolla, = or slightly < corolla, hairy at base. Stigma peltate. Fr. a berry, globose or subglobose. Seeds numerous, small.

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Atropa L.
Atropa
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Atropa L.
Solanaceae
Atropa L.
Atropa
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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scientific name
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1 January 2000
23 April 2026
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