Withania

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]

Withania
Withania somnifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Physaleae
Genus: Withania
Pauquy, 1825
Species

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Synonyms

Alicabon Raf.
Archiphysalis Kuang
Manoelia Bowdich
Opsago Raf.
Physaliastrum Makino
Physaloides Moench
Puneeria Stocks

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] but the common name of Withania coagulans, is thought to be after a great saint Ashutosh. 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
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References
  1. 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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.368.967. doi:10.3390/molecules14072373. PMC 6255378. PMID 19633611.
  2. "Withania somnifera". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  3. Pauquy, Charles-Louis-Constant. 1825. De la belladone, considérée sous ses rapports botanique, chimique, pharmaceutique, pharmacologique et thérapeutique, etc.
  4. "Withania". Electronic Flora of South Australia. Government of South Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  5. "Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal". Flora of Pakistan. eFlora.org.
  6. "Withania coagulans". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved February 3, 2015.


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