Withania somnifera

Taxonomy ID: 126910 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:126910)

current name

Withania somnifera  (L.) Dunal, 1852

includes:

Withania sp. DS-2011

basionym:

Physalis somnifera  L., 1753

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

ashwagandha

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Solanaceae; Solanoideae; Physaleae; Withania

Comments and References:

image:Withania somnifera Image by Wowbobwow12 from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

IPNI (Feb 26, 2009) Name verified on 26 February 2009, in: The International Plant Names Index (2004). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org

TROPICOS (Feb 26, 2009) Name verified on 26 February 2009 in: Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008 - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. on line at: http://www.tropicos.org/

Flora of China - Solanaceae Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy. Solanaceae A. L. Jussieu. In Wu, Z. Y. & P. H. Raven, eds. 1994. Flora of China. Vol. 17 (Verbenaceae through Solanaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. 342 pp.