All Topics  
Atropa

 
Atropa

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Atropa
 
 
  Topics Atropa Topic Home

Atropa (Á-tro-pa
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
) is a genus of plants in the nightshade family. Its best-known member is the deadly nightshade
Deadly nightshade

Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial plant herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia....
, Atropa belladonna. Its pharmacologically active ingredient is atropine
Atropine

Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from deadly nightshade , jimsonweed , Mandrake and other plants of the family Solanaceae. It is a secondary metabolite of these plants and serves as a hard drug with a wide variety of effects....
. The genus is named after Atropos of the Three Fates, the one which cut the life thread.

In some older classifications, the Mandrake
Mandrake (plant)

Mandrake is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora belonging to the nightshades family . Because mandrake contains deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids such as hyoscyamine and the roots sometimes contain bifurcations causing them to resemble human figures, their roots have long been used in magic rituals, t...
 (Mandragora officinarum) is considered a species of the Atropa genus as Atropa mandragora.

lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m977421",this)' onMouseout='hide("m977421")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Atropa">Atropa
Atropa

Atropa 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....
 is also the name of the UW Madison Women's Ultimate B team, Bella Donna
Bella Donna

Bella Donna or Belladonna is a name or alias used by two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe.Possibly the most well-known character to use the name is Bella Donna Boudreaux, commonly associated with the X-Men Gambit ....
 being the name of the A team.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Atropa'
Start a new discussion about 'Atropa'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Atropa (Á-tro-pa
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
) is a genus of plants in the nightshade family. Its best-known member is the deadly nightshade
Deadly nightshade

Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial plant herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia....
, Atropa belladonna. Its pharmacologically active ingredient is atropine
Atropine

Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from deadly nightshade , jimsonweed , Mandrake and other plants of the family Solanaceae. It is a secondary metabolite of these plants and serves as a hard drug with a wide variety of effects....
. The genus is named after Atropos of the Three Fates, the one which cut the life thread.

In some older classifications, the Mandrake
Mandrake (plant)

Mandrake is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora belonging to the nightshades family . Because mandrake contains deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids such as hyoscyamine and the roots sometimes contain bifurcations causing them to resemble human figures, their roots have long been used in magic rituals, t...
 (Mandragora officinarum) is considered a species of the Atropa genus as Atropa mandragora.

Species


  • Atropa acuminata – Indian belladonna
  • Atropa baetica
  • Atropa belladonna – Bella-donna, Deadly nightshade
  • Atropa caucasica
  • Atropa komarovii – Turkmenistan Belladonna

Atropa Ultimate

Atropa
Atropa

Atropa 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....
 is also the name of the UW Madison Women's Ultimate B team, Bella Donna
Bella Donna

Bella Donna or Belladonna is a name or alias used by two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe.Possibly the most well-known character to use the name is Bella Donna Boudreaux, commonly associated with the X-Men Gambit ....
 being the name of the A team. Their name is in reference to both the deadly nightshade and the eldest of the goddesses of fate, Atropos
Atropos

In Greek mythology, Atropos was one of the three Moirae, Goddesses of wikt:fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta . Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhor...
, who cut the thread of life with the Abhorred Shears.

To learn more about the team, see the Atropa team website (or future website under construction ).