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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Schwenckioideae |
| Genus: | Schwenckia L.[1] |
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Species
editCurrently 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
edit- ^ Sp. Pl.: 577 (1764)
- ^ a b c "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. Bibcode:1963KewBu..16..465H. doi:10.2307/4114695. JSTOR 4114695.