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- Atropa baetica is one of Europe's rarest wildflowers. A close relative of the infamous deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) its specific name derives from that of the Roman province of Hispania Baetica, while its common name refers to the Spanish region of Andalucía – both designating the area in the south of Spain where it is most frequently encountered. It is an attractive, perennial herbaceous plant bearing infundibuliform (i.e. funnel-shaped), yellow or greenish flowers and shiny, black berries. Like the other three (generally accepted) species of Atropa, it is an extremely poisonous plant, containing a variety of tropane alkaloids with anticholinergic, deliriant, antispasmodic and mydriatic properties. Although most populations of the plant are to be found in Spain, it is not wholly confined to the Iberian Peninsula of Europe, occurring also in certain localities in Morocco (e.g. the Talassemtane National Park) and Algeria in the Atlas Mountains (Rif, Tell Atlas and Middle Atlas ranges) of North Africa. The Rif and the Baetic System, which face each other across the Alboran Sea (which includes the Strait of Gibraltar), together constitute one of the finest of the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspots – rich in endemic species, of which Atropa baetica is a notable example. (For more on Ibero-Maghrebi, floral biodiversity (featuring what, in Spanish are termed 'Iberoafricanismos') see Cartagena, Spain, section 'Environment' subsection 'Flora'). (en)
- El tabaco gordo (Atropa baetica Willk.) es una planta herbácea originaria del centro y sur de la península ibérica y norte de África. Comparte algunas características con la Atropa belladonna, como su alta concentración de alcaloides. (es)
- Atropa baetica är en potatisväxtart som beskrevs av Heinrich Moritz Willkomm. Atropa baetica ingår i släktet belladonnor, och familjen potatisväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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- El tabaco gordo (Atropa baetica Willk.) es una planta herbácea originaria del centro y sur de la península ibérica y norte de África. Comparte algunas características con la Atropa belladonna, como su alta concentración de alcaloides. (es)
- Atropa baetica är en potatisväxtart som beskrevs av Heinrich Moritz Willkomm. Atropa baetica ingår i släktet belladonnor, och familjen potatisväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
- Atropa baetica is one of Europe's rarest wildflowers. A close relative of the infamous deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) its specific name derives from that of the Roman province of Hispania Baetica, while its common name refers to the Spanish region of Andalucía – both designating the area in the south of Spain where it is most frequently encountered. It is an attractive, perennial herbaceous plant bearing infundibuliform (i.e. funnel-shaped), yellow or greenish flowers and shiny, black berries. Like the other three (generally accepted) species of Atropa, it is an extremely poisonous plant, containing a variety of tropane alkaloids with anticholinergic, deliriant, antispasmodic and mydriatic properties. Although most populations of the plant are to be found in Spain, it is not wholly (en)
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