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Mandragora autumnalis, the Glossary

Index Mandragora autumnalis

Mandragora autumnalis, known as mandrake or autumn mandrake, is recognized by some sources as a separate species from Mandragora officinarum, although with different circumscriptions.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 48 relations: Algeria, Alkaloid, Antonio Bertoloni, Apoatropine, Atropine, Belladonnine, Berry (botany), Beta-Sitosterol, Carl Linnaeus, Circumscription (taxonomy), Cuscohygrine, Cyprus, Flora Europaea, Greece, Herbaceous plant, Hyoscyamine, International Plant Names Index, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Levant, Locule, Mandragora (genus), Mandragora officinarum, Mandragora turcomanica, Molecular phylogenetics, Morocco, Mydriasis, Ovary (botany), Palestine (region), Perennial, Petal, Portugal, Scopolamine, Scopoletin, Sepal, Sicily, Spain, Species Plantarum, Stamen, Syria, Tachycardia, Taproot, Taxon, Tropane alkaloid, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia.

  2. Solanoideae
  3. Taxa named by Antonio Bertoloni

Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Alkaloid

Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom.

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Antonio Bertoloni

Antonio Bertoloni (February 8, 1775 in Sarzana – April 17, 1869 in Bologna) was an Italian physician and botanist who made extensive studies of Italian plants.

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Apoatropine

Apoatropine (atropatropine) is a member of class of tropane alkaloids.

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Atropine

Atropine is a tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic medication used to treat certain types of nerve agent and pesticide poisonings as well as some types of slow heart rate, and to decrease saliva production during surgery.

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Belladonnine

Belladonnine is a member of class of tropane alkaloids.

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Berry (botany)

In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.

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Beta-Sitosterol

β-sitosterol (beta-sitosterol) is one of several phytosterols (plant sterols) with chemical structures similar to that of cholesterol.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Circumscription (taxonomy)

In biological taxonomy, circumscription is the content of a taxon, that is, the delimitation of which subordinate taxa are parts of that taxon.

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Cuscohygrine

Cuscohygrine is a bis N-methyl pyrrolidine alkaloid found in coca plants.

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Cyprus

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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Flora Europaea

The Flora Europaea is a 5-volume encyclopedia of plants, published between 1964 and 1993 by Cambridge University Press.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Hyoscyamine

Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine or duboisine) is a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid and plant toxin.

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International Plant Names Index

The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Locule

A locule (locules) or loculus (little place;: loculi) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus).

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Mandragora (genus)

Mandragora is a plant genus belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Mandragora autumnalis and Mandragora (genus) are Solanoideae.

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Mandragora officinarum

Mandragora officinarum is the type species of the plant genus Mandragora in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Mandragora autumnalis and Mandragora officinarum are Solanoideae.

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Mandragora turcomanica

Mandragora turcomanica, the Turkmenian mandrake, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to the Köpet Dag mountains in Turkmenistan and one location in neighbouring Iran. Mandragora autumnalis and Mandragora turcomanica are Solanoideae.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Mydriasis

Mydriasis is the dilation of the pupil, usually having a non-physiological cause, or sometimes a physiological pupillary response.

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Ovary (botany)

In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.

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Palestine (region)

The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Scopolamine

Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, or Devil's Breath, is a natural or synthetically produced tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic drug that is used as a medication to treat motion sickness and postoperative nausea and vomiting.

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Scopoletin

Scopoletin is a coumarin found in the root of plants in the genus Scopolia such as Scopolia carniolica and Scopolia japonica, in chicory, in Artemisia scoparia, in the roots and leaves of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), in the passion flower, in Brunfelsia, in Viburnum prunifolium, in Solanum nigrum, in Datura metel, in Mallotus resinosus, or and in Kleinhovia hospita.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Species Plantarum

Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.

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Stamen

The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tachycardia

Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate.

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Taproot

A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Tropane alkaloid

Tropane alkaloids are a class of bicyclic alkaloids and secondary metabolites that contain a tropane ring in their chemical structure.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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See also

Solanoideae

Taxa named by Antonio Bertoloni

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandragora_autumnalis

Also known as Autumn mandrake.