{{short description|Genus of Solanaceae plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Witheringia solanacea (12575986595).jpg |image_caption = ''Witheringia solanacea'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Witheringia |authority = L'Hér.<ref>Sert. Angl.: 33 (1789)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Sicklera'' <small>Sendtn.</small> |synonyms_ref =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38588-1#synonyms |title=''Witheringia'' L'Hér. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref> }}
'''''Witheringia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, with a neotropical distribution. It is closely related to ''Physalis''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Franklin-Tong|first=Vernonica E.|title=Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants: Evolution, Diversity, and Mechanisms|date=30 July 2008|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn=9783540684862|location=|page=106|author-link=Vernonica Franklin-Tong}}</ref>
==Species== Currently accepted species include: *''Witheringia allogona'' <small>(Schltdl.) Miers</small> *''Witheringia asterotricha'' <small>(Standl.) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia bristaniana'' <small>D'Arcy</small> *''Witheringia coccoloboides'' <small>(Dammer) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia conspersa'' <small>(Miers) Miers</small> *''Witheringia correana'' <small>D'Arcy</small> *''Witheringia glabrata'' <small>(Miers) Miers</small> *''Witheringia hunzikeri'' <small>D'Arcy</small> *''Witheringia killipiana'' <small>Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia laxissima'' <small>(Standl.) D'Arcy</small> *''Witheringia maculata'' <small>(Standl. & C.V.Morton) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia meiantha'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia mexicana'' <small>(B.L.Rob.) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia mortonii'' <small>Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia pogonandra'' <small>Lem.</small> *''Witheringia solanacea'' <small>L'Hér.</small> *''Witheringia stellata'' <small>(Greenm.) Hunz.</small> *''Witheringia wurdackiana'' <small>Benítez</small>
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Category:Solanaceae Category:Solanaceae genera