Schwenckia

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: Schwenckioideae
Genus: Schwenckia
Species: S. alvaroana – S. americana – S. angustifolia – S. breviseta – S. curviflora – S. elegans – S. filiformis – S. glabrata – S. grandiflora – S. heterantha – S. huberi – S. hyssopifolia – S. juncoides – S. lateriflora – S. longiseta – S. micrantha – S. mollissima – S. novaveneciana – S. paniculata – S. trujilloi – S. volubilis
Name

Schwenckia D.Royen ex L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6. 577 [567]. (1764)

Type species: Schwenckia americana L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6. 577 [567]. (1764)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chaetochilus Vahl
Mathaea Vell.
Matthissonia Raddi

References

Royen, D. van 1764. Genera Plantarum, ed. 6 567 [577].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Schwenckia 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. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Schwenckia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 2 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Schwenckia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 2.

Schwenckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Central America and South America, and with one species, S. americana, a widespread weed in Africa.[2] In the title of the generic description Linnaeus wrote "Schwenkia" but gave the binomial of the type species as Schwenckia americana, while quoting Dav. van Royen as the author.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Schwenckia alvaroana Benítez
Schwenckia americana L.
Schwenckia angustifolia Benth.
Schwenckia breviseta Casar.
Schwenckia curviflora Benth.
Schwenckia elegans Carvalho
Schwenckia filiformis Ekman ex Urb.
Schwenckia glabrata Kunth
Schwenckia grandiflora Benth.
Schwenckia heterantha Carvalho
Schwenckia huberi Benítez
Schwenckia hyssopifolia Benth.
Schwenckia juncoides Chodat
Schwenckia lateriflora (Vahl) Carvalho
Schwenckia longiseta Casar.
Schwenckia micrantha Benth.
Schwenckia mollissima Nees & Mart.
Schwenckia novaveneciana Carvalho
Schwenckia paniculata (Raddi) Carvalho
Schwenckia trujilloi Benítez
Schwenckia volubilis Benth.

References

Sp. Pl.: 577 (1764)
"Schwenckia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
Heine, H. (1963). "On the Correct Spelling of the Generic Name Schwenckia D. Van Royen ex L. (Solanaceae), with a Note about Martin Wilhelm Schwencke". Kew Bulletin. 16 (3): 465–469. doi:10.2307/4114695. JSTOR 4114695.