Schwenckia

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]

Schwenckia
Schwenckia americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Schwenckioideae
Genus:	Schwenckia L.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Chaetochilus Vahl Mathaea Vell. Matthissonia Raddi

Species

Currently 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.