Athenaea (plant)

For Aureliana Civitas, the Latin name of Orléans, see Orléans.

Athenaea is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae. It includes 14 species native to South America, ranging through Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.^[1] The greatest diversity of species is in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.^[2]

Athenaea
Athenaea fasciculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Solanoideae
Tribe:	Physaleae
Subtribe:	Withaninae
Genus:	Athenaea Sendtn. (1846), nom. cons.
Species[1]
14; see text
Synonyms[1]
Aureliana Sendtn. (1846), nom. illeg. Witheringia Miers (1849), nom. illeg.

Species

14 species are accepted.^[1]

• Athenaea altoserranae I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
• Athenaea angustifolia (Alm.-Lafetá) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
• Athenaea anonacea Sendtn.
• Athenaea brasiliana Hunz.
• Athenaea cuspidata Witasek
• Athenaea fasciculata (Vell.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann (synonym Aureliana fasciculata (Vell.) Sendtn.)
• Athenaea hunzikeriana I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
• Athenaea martiana Sendtn.
• Athenaea picta (Mart.) Sendtn.
• Athenaea pogogena (Moric.) Sendtn.
• Athenaea sellowiana (Sendtn.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
• Athenaea tomentosa (Sendtn.) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann
• Athenaea velutina (Sendtn.) D'Arcy
• Athenaea wettsteiniana (Witasek) I.M.C.Rodrigues & Stehmann