Atropa 204592 196794062 2008-03-08T16:16:22Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Atropa'' | image = Atropa bella-donna1.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = '''''Atropa''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Atropa belladonna]]'' }} '''Atropa''' (''[[Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Á-tro-pa]]'') is a genus of plants in the [[nightshade]] family. Its best-known member is the [[deadly nightshade]], ''Atropa belladonna''. Its pharmacologically active ingredient is [[atropine]]. The genus is named after Atropos of the [[Three Fates]], the one which cut the life thread. In some older classifications, the [[mandrake (plant)|Mandrake]] (''Mandragora officinarum'') is considered a species of the ''Atropa'' genus as ''Atropa mandragora''. [[Category:Solanaceae]] [[da:Atropa]] [[de:Tollkirschen]] [[es:Atropa]] [[la:Atropa]] [[lb:Juddekiischt]] [[lt:Šunvyšnė]] [[nl:Atropa]] [[pt:Atropa]] [[ro:Atropa]] [[sq:Atropa]] [[sv:Belladonnor]] {{Solanales-stub}}