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|accepted_name=Alkekengi
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|place=4, vol. 1. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Chinese lantern plant;Japanese lantern;Jerusalem-cherry;strawberry ground-cherry;winter-cherry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Alkekengi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alkekengi]]</div></div>
|etymology=Probably from Greek halikakabon, bladder, known in Persian as al-kākunadj and in Arabic as hub-ul-kakinj, name for a nightshade
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs simple, eglandular. <b>Stems</b> usually simple. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or geminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5, lanceolate, accrescent, inflated and completely enclosing berry; corolla white with pale green in throat, campanulate-rotate, limb widely flaring, lobes broad, blunt; stamens inserted at base of corolla tube, equal; anthers basifixed, oblong, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-carpellate; style slender, straight; stigma broadly capitate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globose. <b>Seeds</b> reniform, flattened. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Eurasia;introduced also in Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p>Until recently, Alkekengi was treated within Physalis; phylogenetic analysis showed that it does not fall within the strongly supported clade of New World Physalis (M. Whitson and P. S. Manos 2005). Alkekengi can be distinguished by its lobed, white corolla and orange-red or bright red fruiting calyx.</p>
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name=Alkekengi
|author=Janet R. Sullivan
|authority=Miller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
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|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=Eurasia;introduced also in Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|publication year=1754
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Alkekengi
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