Athenaea (plant) explained

See Aureliana Civitas for the Latin name of Orléans.

Athenaea is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae. It includes 14 species native to South America, ranging through Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. The greatest diversity of species is in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.^[1]

Species

14 species are accepted.

• Athenaea altoserranae
• Athenaea angustifolia
• Athenaea anonacea
• Athenaea brasiliana
• Athenaea cuspidata
• Athenaea fasciculata (synonym Aureliana fasciculata)
• Athenaea hunzikeriana
• Athenaea martiana
• Athenaea picta
• Athenaea pogogena
• Athenaea sellowiana
• Athenaea tomentosa
• Athenaea velutina
• Athenaea wettsteiniana

Notes and References

1. Priscilla M. Zamberlan . Izabella M. C. Rodrigues . Geraldo Mäder . Luana Castro . João R. Stehmann . Sandro L. Bonatto . Loreta B. Freitas . 2015 . Re‐evaluation of the generic status of Athenaea and Aureliana (Withaniinae, Solanaceae) based on molecular phylogeny and morphology of the calyx . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . English . 177 . 3 . 322–334 . 10.1111/boj.12246 . 0024-4074. free .