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Hyoscyamus
Sign in to saveHyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 31 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine). Cruciferous type of stomata are present in Hyoscyamus.
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Hyoscyamus is a genus of plants within the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the order Solanales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is commonly known as henbane, with other names including بنج, Batbat, and Блян. Its fruit type is a capsule.
Records for Hyoscyamus have been documented in countries such as Iraq, TüRkiye, Iran, and Egypt. The genus has 67,577 occurrence records and 194 records in the iDigBio database, which includes 120 media files from institutions such as A, GH, MEL, ANSP, and CHRB. On iNaturalist, the species black henbane has 11,365 observations. Additionally, there are 369 PubMed entries associated with the name Hyoscyamus.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
black henbane
Hyoscyamus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
天仙子属（学名：Hyoscyamus）是茄科下的一个属，为一年生或多年生草本植物。该属共有约20种，分布于北非、欧洲和亚洲。[1] 参考文献 ^ 中国种子植物科属词典. 中国数字植物标本馆. （原始内容存档于2012-04-11）. 外部链接 維基物種中有關天仙子属的數據 规范控制 GND: 4145526-5 这是一篇與植物相關的小作品。你可以通过编辑或修订扩充其内容。 查 论 编 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=天仙子属&oldid=44944612” 分类： 茄科 天仙子属 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 WikispeciesLatinName 包含GND标识符的维基百科条目 全部小作品 植物小作品
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 194
- With media
- 120
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- A, GH, MEL, ANSP, CHRB, SIM
- Recorded in
- Iraq, TüRkiye, Iran, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic Of), China, United States, Uzbekistan
Research
369 papers- Hyoscyamus.The Homoeopathic physician · 1888
- Hyoscyamus niger (henbane).Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 1995
- Metabolic Characterization of Hyoscyamus niger Ornithine Decarboxylase.Frontiers in plant science · 2019
- Hyoscyamus niger poisoning in Sudan: A case report.Tropical doctor · 2025
- Hyoscyamus falezlez C: a poisonous plant of north Africa.Veterinary and human toxicology · 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Solanaceae
- Image
- Henbane1.JPG
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- taxon name
- Hyoscyamus
- Commons category
- Hyoscyamus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hyoscyamus
- taxon common name
- dēvɵ̄nabáng
- has fruit type
- capsule
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 31 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine). Cruciferous type of stomata are present in Hyoscyamus.
Hyoscyamus means "hog-bean" in botanical Latin and was a name derogatorily applied to the plant by Dioscorides.
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