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Physalis is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to the Americas and Australasia, that is known for its distinctive papery husk surrounding the fruit. Many species produce edible fruit, and some are cultivated as crops or have spread to other parts of the world.
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Species
Japanese lanterns
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyBalaenopteridae
Habitatmarine
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Belize
General: . Ceylon, 4: 391 (1987)) described Physalis as being an extremely
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,999
- With media
- 2,121
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, ECOSUR, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, GH, CICY, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
1,106 papers- Genus Physalis L.: A review of resources and cultivation, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and applications.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2024Liang Y, Liang L, Shi R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.117736
- Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino: A review of the pharmacognosy, chemical constituents, pharmacological effects, quality control, and applications.ReviewPhytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2022Liang L, Li C, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154328
- Physalis peruwiana Fruits and Their Food Products as New Important Components of Functional Foods.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Olas BDOI: 10.3390/ijms26083493
- Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino: An ethnomedical, phytochemical and pharmacological review.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2018Li AL, Chen BJ, Li GH et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.08.022
- Withanolides from the genus Physalis: a review on their phytochemical and pharmacological aspects.ReviewThe Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2020Huang M, He JX, Hu HX et al.DOI: 10.1111/jphp.13209
- Biologically active withanolides from Physalis peruviana.Pharmaceutical biology · 2025Sang-Ngern M, Fukuchi A, Kondratyuk TP et al.DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2025.2488136
- Silencing Tautomerization to Isolate Unstable Physalins from Physalis minima.ReviewJournal of natural products · 2022Wu JP, Li LY, Li JR et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00101
- Physalis: A new model crop to understand plant diversity.The Plant cell · 2023Lopez-Gomollon SDOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac315
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