Atropa
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{{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}}