Genus Physalis L.


Summary
Genus number:
9338
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Physaleae
Subtribe:
Physalinae
Common name(s):

ground-cherry
Accession count:

302 (172  active, 130  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Probable synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)

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Embryo drawing

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References:
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1112-1113. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Whitson, M. & P. S. Manos. 2005. Untangling Physalis (Solanaceae) from the physaloids: a two-gene phylogeny of the Physalinae. Syst. Bot. 30:216-230. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  3. Whitson, M. 2011. (2016) Proposal to conserve the name Physalis (Solanaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 60:608-609.
  4. Zamora-Tavares, M. del P. et al. 2016. Physalis and physaloids: A recent and complex evolutionary history. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 100:41-50.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9338. Accessed 15 April 2026.