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Hyoscyameae
	Hyoscyamus niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Solanoideae
Tribe:	Hyoscyameae
Genera
	Anisodus; Atropa; Atropanthe; Hyoscyamus; Pauia (unresolved); Physochlaina; Przewalskia; Scopolia;

Hyoscyameae is an Old World tribe of the subfamily Solanoideae of the flowering plant family Solanaceae. It comprises seven genera: Anisodus, Atropa, Atropanthe, Hyoscyamus, Physochlaina, Przewalskia and Scopolia.^[1] The genera Atropanthe and Przewalskia are monotypic, the first being endemic to China and the second to Tibet.

All seven genera of the tribe are poisonous and have a long tradition of use as medicinal plants, being rich in tropane alkaloids with anticholinergic properties.^[2] Furthermore, the genera Atropa, Hyoscyamus, Scopolia and Physochlaina have furnished entheogens - the first three in the historical context of European witchcraft and, more specifically, of the flying ointments employed in such practices,^[3] while the similar chemistry of the remaining genera points to the potential for entheogenic use. Six of the genera have dry, pyxidial fruits i.e. capsules dehiscing by an operculum and thus resembling a pot with a lid. The fruit of the remaining genus Atropa is a glossy, juicy berry, making Atropa species especially dangerous poisonous plants, since - unlike other Hyoscyameae - their attractive fruits may easily be mistaken for edible berries, particularly by children - as has frequently occurred in the case of Atropa belladonna, the infamous Deadly Nightshade.^[4]

An eighth genus referable to Hyoscyameae remained unresolved until 2020: the poorly-known, monotypic genus Pauia contained the single species Pauia belladonna Deb and Dutta native to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The late Professor Armando Theodoro Hunziker, one of the foremost authorities on the Solanaceae, was of the opinion that Pauia should be subsumed in Atropa. The plant resembles the Indian Atropa acuminata, but differs from it most markedly in bearing a berry that, unlike those of other Atropa species, is not globose but oblong in shape, somewhat resembling that edible Solanaceous fruit the Goji.^[5] In 2020, the species was reclassified into genus Atropa as Atropa indobelladonna.^[6]

Gallery

Pyxidial fruits of black henbane Hyoscyamus niger
Anatomy of Hyoscyamus niger showing dissected pyxidium etc.
Golden henbane Hyoscyamus aureus single flower
Hyoscyamus aureus in flower and fruit
Egyptian Henbane Hyoscyamus muticus single flower interior
Hyoscyamus muticus plant in flower and fruit
Hyoscyamus reticulatus flowers in close-up
Hyoscyamus reticulatus flowering plant growth habit
Flower of Atropa belladonna in close-up, showing curled stamens
Atropa belladonna in fruit : ripe and unripe berries
Atropa belladonna ripe berry in close-up
Anatomy of Atropa belladonna flower and berry
Botanical illustration of Atropa baetica, Andalusian belladonna
Scopolia carniolica: two flowers in close-up, showing unripe anthers - yet to dehisce.
Scopolia carniolica in flower
Anatomy of Scopolia carniolica, showing pyxidium etc.
Scopolia carniolica: fruiting calyx dissected to reveal dehiscence of ripe pyxidium.
Rhizome of Scopolia carniolica
Scopolia japonica (Japanese: 走りどころ Hashiri-dokoro) in flower
Single flower of Scopolia japonica showing dehiscence of ripe anthers
Anisodus tanguticus, showing interior of flower
Flower and foliage of Anisodus luridus
Flowers of Physochlaina orientalis
Interior of pyxidium of Physochlaina orientalis
Ripe fruits of Physochlaina orientalis, showing nodding growth habit
Physochlaina physaloides foliage and inflorescence (Curtis's botanical magazine)
Dissected fruit of Physochlaina physaloides with detached operculum
Physochlaina praealta foliage and inflorescence

References

^ An-ming, Lu and Zhi-yu, Zhang Studies of the Subtribe Hyoscyaminae in China, paper no. 5 in Solanaceae : Biology and Systematics, Ed. William G. D'Arcy, pub. Columbia University Press 1986.
^ Xiao, Peigen (Hsiao, Pei-Ken); He, Liyi (1983). "Ethnopharmacologic investigation on tropane-containing drugs in Chinese solanaceous plants". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 8 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(83)90086-7. PMID 6355665.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Rätsch, Christian, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications pub. Park Street Press 2005
^ A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants : A Handbook for Pharmacists, Doctors, Toxicologists, and Biologists by Frohne, Dietrich and Pfänder, Hans Jürgen of University of Kiel, translated from second German edition by Norman Grainger Bisset, London : a Wolfe Science Book and one of the volumes in the illustrated series Wolfe Atlases, pub. Wolfe Publishing Ltd. 1984.
^ Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. ISBN 3-904144-77-4.
^ "Atropa indobelladonna Karthik. & V.S.Kumar | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 April 2024.