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Solanaceae

Mandragora

Mandragora officinarum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 181 (1753)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is N. Italy to NW. Balkan Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

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Native to:

Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Yugoslavia

Homotypic Synonyms

Atropa acaulis Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 396 (1812), nom. superfl.
Atropa humilis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 132 (1796), nom. superfl.
Atropa mandragora L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 933 (1759), nom. superfl.
Mandragora officinalis Mill. ex DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 610 (1805), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Mandragora acaulis Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 236 (1791)
Mandragora mas Garsault in Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 363 (1764), opus utique rej.
Mandragora neglecta G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 71 (1830)
Mandragora officinalis L. in Amoen. Acad. 4: 10 (1759), orth. var.
Mandragora praecox Sweet in Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 198 (1827)
Mandragora vernalis Bertol. in Giorn. Arcadico Sci. 21: 191 bis (1824)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images