Athenaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Solanoideae
Tribus: Physaleae
Subtribus: Withaniinae
Genus: Athenaea
Species: A. angustifolia – A. anonacea – A. brasiliana – A. cuspidata – A. fasciculata – A. martiana – A. picta – A. pogogena – A. sellowiana – A. tomentosa – A. velutina – A. wettsteiniana
Source(s) of checklist:

Rodrigues, I.M.C., Knapp, S. & Stehmann, J.R. 2019. The nomenclatural re‐establishment of Athenaea Sendtn. (Solanaceae) with a nomenclatural synopsis of the genus. Taxon 68(4): 839-846. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12089 Paywall Reference page.

Name

Athenaea Sendtn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 133. (1846) nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Athenaea picta Sendtn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 134. (1846)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Aureliana Sendtn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 138, t. 19. (1846)
Heterotypic
Witheringia Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 3(14): 145 (1849) non Witheringia L'Her., Sert. Angl. 1, 19. t. 1. (1788)

Homonyms

Athenaea Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 121 (1763) vide Struchium P.Browne (1756) (Asteraceae)
Athenaea Schreb., Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 1: 259 (1789) nom. illeg. hom. vide Casearia Jacq. (1760) nom. cons. (Saliceae)

References

Sendtner, O. 1846. Flora Brasiliensis 10: 133.
Rodrigues, I.M.C., Knapp, S. & Stehmann, J.R. 2019. The nomenclatural re‐establishment of Athenaea Sendtn. (Solanaceae) with a nomenclatural synopsis of the genus. Taxon 68(4): 839-846. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12089 Paywall Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Athenaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Athenaea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 1 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Athenaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 1.