Hyoscyamus

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: Hyoscyameae
Genus: Hyoscyamus
Subgenera: H. subg. Dendrotrichon – H. subg. Hyoscyamus – H. subg. Parahyoscyamus

Species: H. afghanicus – H. albus – H. arachnoideus – H. aureus – H. bornmulleri – H. boveanus – H. cylindrocalyx – H. desertorum – H. flaccidus – H. gallagheri – H. grandiflorus – H. insanus – H. kopetdaghi – H. kotschyanus – H. kurdicus – H. leptocalyx – H. leucanthera – H. longepedunculatus – H. malekianus – H. multicaulis – H. muticus – H. niger – H. nutans – H. orthocarpus – H. pojarkovae – H. pusillus – H. reticulatus – H. rosularis – H. senecionis – H. squarrosus – H. tenuicaulis – H. tibesticus – H. turcomanicus

Name

Hyoscyamus L. (1753)

Type species: H. niger L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Archihyoscyamus A.M.Lu
Hyoscarpus Dulac

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 179. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Hyoscyamus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 1. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hyoscyamus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hyoscyamus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 1 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hyoscyamus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names
العربية: بنج
azərbaycanca: Batbat
български: Блян
нохчийн: БугӀа-яр
čeština: blín
dansk: Bulmeurt
Deutsch: Bilsenkräuter
English: Henbanes
español: Beleño
فارسی: بذرالبنج
suomi: Hullukaalit
français: Jusquiame
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עברית: שיכרון
hrvatski: Bunika
hornjoserbsce: Woblěd
magyar: Beléndek
հայերեն: Բանգի, աղշբանգ, բատբատ, տիկնատեռի, խոզի բակլա, խոպոպիկ, խելառ խոտ
ქართული: ლენცოფა
қазақша: Меңдуана
кыргызча: Меңдубана
lietuvių: Drignė
македонски: Буника
эрзянь: Азарць тикше

Hyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 11 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).Cruciferous type of stomata present in Hyoscyamus.
Selected species

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Hyoscyamus albus L. – White henbane	Spain and Morocco
	Hyoscyamus aureus L. – Golden henbane
	Hyoscyamus boveanus L.
	Hyoscyamus desertorum L.
	Hyoscyamus muticus L. – Egyptian henbane (synonym: H. falezlez)	North Africa and Arabia
	Hyoscyamus niger L. – Black henbane	Eurasia
	Hyoscyamus pusillus L.	East Asia
	Hyoscyamus reticulatus L.[2]

References

"Hyoscyamus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
"Species Records of Hyoscyamus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
norsk nynorsk: Bulmeurtslekta
norsk: Bulmeurtslekta
ирон: Къусбын
polski: Lulek
русский: Белена
slovenčina: blen
svenska: Bolmörtssläktet
удмурт: Пиньтурын
українська: Блекота
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Mingdevona
中文: 天仙子属