| Accepted name: |
Physalis alkekengi L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Winter Ground-cherry
Chinese Lantern
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| French names: |
Coqueret alkékenge
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPHYAL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Europe to E Asia; in the northern and western parts mostly run wild and partly naturalized. Cultivated in China and previously in Europe as a medicinal plant; widespread ornamental(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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