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|accepted_name=Atropa
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 181. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Belladonna
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Atropa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Atropa]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek atropos, inexorable or unchangeable, alluding to one of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny in Greek mythology
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Stems</b> branching. <b>Leaves</b> alternate (sometimes geminate). <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx accrescent, campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes acute to acuminate, widely flaring in fruit; corolla yellow or purple, radial, campanulate, lobes flaring to reflexed; stamens inserted at base of corolla tube, equal; anthers basifixed, ovate, (basally lobed), dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-carpellate; style arched, curved; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globose, fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> globose-reniform. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;w;c Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Atropa
|author=Zheng Li;Michael A. Vincent
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|distribution=Europe;w;c Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Atropa
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