Withania
| Withania | |
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| Withania somnifera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Physaleae |
| Subtribe: | Withaninae |
| Genus: | Withania Pauquy, 1825 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Alicabon Raf. | |
Withania is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, with 23 species that are native to parts of North Africa, western Asia, south Asia, southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Canary Islands.[1][2]
Two of the species, W. somnifera (Ashwagandha) and W. coagulans (Ashutosh booti), are economically significant, and are cultivated in several regions for their medicinal uses.[1]
Etymology
Although the author gave no explanation of the name,[3] Withania is thought to have been named in honour of Henry Witham, a British geologist and writer on fossil botany beginning in 1830.[4]
Selected species
- Withania adpressa Cors.
- Withania adunensis Vierh.
- Withania begoniifolia (Roxb.) Hunz. & Barboza
- Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal — Ashutosh booti, Indian rennet, panirband, vegetable rennet
- Withania frutescens (L.) Pauquy
- Withania japonica (Franch. & Sav.) Hunz.
- Withania reichenbachii Bitter
- Withania riebeckii Schweinf.
- Withania sphaerocarpa Hepper & Boulos
- Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal — ashwaganda, Indian ginseng, winter cherry[5][6][7]
References
- 1 2 Mirjalili, M. H.; Moyano, E.; Bonfill, M.; Cusido, R. M.; Palazón, J. (2009). "Steroidal Lactones from Withania somnifera, an Ancient Plant for Novel Medicine". Molecules. 14 (7): 2373–2393. doi:10.3390/molecules14072373. PMID 19633611.
- ↑ "Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ↑ Pauquy, Charles-Louis-Constant. 1825. De la belladone, considérée sous ses rapports botanique, chimique, pharmaceutique, pharmacologique et thérapeutique, etc.
- ↑ "Withania". Electronic Flora of South Australia. Government of South Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ↑ "Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal". Flora of Pakistan. eFlora.org.
- ↑ "Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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