Atropa

Atropa

Taxobox
name = "Atropa"



image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Atropa"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Atropa belladonna"

Atropa ("Á-tro-pa") is a genus of plants in the nightshade family. Its best-known member is the deadly nightshade, "Atropa belladonna". Its pharmacologically active ingredient is atropine. The genus is named after Atropos of the Three Fates, the one which cut the life thread.

In some older classifications, the Mandrake ("Mandragora officinarum") is considered a species of the "Atropa" genus as "Atropa mandragora".


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Atropa — Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre …   Wikipedia Español

  • Atropa — n. a genus of plants of the nightshade family, including the {belladonna} ({Atropa belladonna}). Syn: genus {Atropa}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Atrŏpa — (A. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Solaneen, 5. Klasse 1. Ordnung L., mit glockiger Blumenkrone, fünflappigem Kelche, 5 mit ihrer Basis den Schlund verschließenden, oben auseinandergehenden u. nebst dem Griffel abwärts geneigten… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Atrŏpa — L. (Tollkraut, Tollkirsche), Gattung der Solanazeen, kahle Kräuter mit einzeln stehenden Blättern, röhrig glockigen Blüten und kugeligen, saftigen, vielsamigen Beeren. Zwei Arten. A. Belladonna L. (gemeine Tollkirsche, Wolfskirsche, Wolfswut,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Atropa — Atrŏpa L., Pflanzengattg. der Solanazeen. A. belladonna L., (Wolfs , Tollkirsche, Belladonna, [Tafel: Giftpflanzen, 9]), Giftpflanze mit glänzend schwarzen Beeren …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • atropa — |ó| s. f. [Botânica] Planta da família das solanáceas cuja espécie principal é a beladona …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Atropa — Atròpa ž DEFINICIJA mit. u grčkoj mitologiji jedna od triju suđenica, siječe konac čovjekova života …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • atropa — ⇒ATROPE, ATROPA, subst. fém. BOT. Plante vénéneuse dicotylédone gamopétale (fam. des Solanacées, tribu des Atropées) caractérisée par une corolle tubuleuse à 5 lobes et un fruit en forme de baie. Princ. espèces : ♦ Atropa belladonna ou belladone …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • atropa — à·tro·pa s.f. TS bot. erba del genere Atropa | con iniz. maiusc., genere della famiglia delle Solanacee cui appartiene la belladonna {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1819. ETIMO: dal lat. scient. Atrŏpa, da Atropos, dal gr. Átropos, nome di una delle… …   Dizionario italiano

  • Atropa — noun belladonna • Syn: ↑genus Atropa • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Solanaceae, ↑family Solanaceae, ↑potato family …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”