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Taxon

Hyoscyamus niger L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 179. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 010.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 010.jpg

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Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 005.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 008.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 011.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 007.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 009.jpg

Hyoscyamus niger--Georgia. Garbani. Georgia Milt. Hwy. 1Jun 05. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into 96 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 1, 2005

Location

Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)

42.6625, 44.619722

Location Remarks

Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Hyoscyamus

Specific Epithet

niger

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#191,282 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →