# Physalis

Physalis L., 1753 è un genere di piante della famiglia delle Solanacee.

## Distribuzione e habitat

Il genere è presente nel Nuovo Mondo e in Asia. Oltre una quarantina di specie sono endemiche del Messico.

## Tassonomia

Il genere comprende le seguenti specie:
* Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandwith
* Physalis aggregata Waterf.
* Physalis ampla Waterf.
* Physalis angulata L.
* Physalis angustifolia Nutt.
* Physalis angustior Waterf.
* Physalis angustiphysa Waterf.
* Physalis arborescens L.
* Physalis arenicola Kearney
* Physalis campanula Standl. & Steyerm.
* Physalis campechiana L.
* Physalis carnosa Standl. & Steyerm.
* Physalis caudella Standl.
* Physalis chenopodiifolia Lam.
* Physalis cinerascens (Dunal) Hitchc.
* Physalis cinerea Waterf.
* Physalis cordata Houst. ex Mill.
* Physalis coztomatl Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal
* Physalis crassifolia Benth.
* Physalis eggersii O.E.Schulz
* Physalis × elliottii Kunze
* Physalis fendleri A.Gray
* Physalis filipendula Brandegee
* Physalis flava Wiggins
* Physalis glabra Benth.
* Physalis glutinosa Schltdl.
* Physalis gracilis Miers
* Physalis greenmanii Waterf.
* Physalis grisea (Waterf.) M.Martínez
* Physalis halicacabum Crantz
* Physalis hastatula Waterf.
* Physalis hederifolia A.Gray
* Physalis heterophylla Nees
* Physalis hintonii Waterf.
* Physalis hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti
* Physalis hunzikeriana M.Martínez
* Physalis ignota Britton
* Physalis ingrata Standl.
* Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem.
* Physalis jaliscensis Waterf.
* Physalis lagascae Roem. & Schult.
* Physalis lanceolata Michx.
* Physalis lassa Standl. & Steyerm.
* Physalis latecorollata Waterf.
* Physalis leptophylla B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
* Physalis lignescens Waterf.
* Physalis longicaulis Waterf.
* Physalis longifolia Nutt.
* Physalis longiloba O.Vargas, M.Martínez & Dávila
* Physalis longipedicellata Waterf.
* Physalis macrosperma Pyne, E.L.Bridges & Orzell
* Physalis mcvaughii Waterf.
* Physalis melanocystis (B.L.Rob.) Bitter
* Physalis michoacanensis Waterf.
* Physalis microcarpa Urb. & Ekman
* Physalis mimulus Waterf.
* Physalis minimaculata Waterf.
* Physalis minuta Griggs
* Physalis missouriensis Mack. & Bush
* Physalis mollis Nutt.
* Physalis muelleri Waterf.
* Physalis neomexicana Rydb.
* Physalis nicandroides Schltdl.
* Physalis orizabae Dunal
* Physalis parvianthera Waterf.
* Physalis patula Mill.
* Physalis pennellii Waterf.
* Physalis peruviana L.
* Physalis philadelphica Lam.
* Physalis philippensis Fernald
* Physalis porphyrophysa Donn.Sm.
* Physalis pringlei Greenm.
* Physalis pruinosa L.
* Physalis pubescens L.
* Physalis pumila Nutt.
* Physalis purpurea Wiggins
* Physalis queretaroensis M.Martínez & L.Hern.
* Physalis quillabambensis D.Medina
* Physalis rydbergii Fernald
* Physalis sancti-josephi Dunal
* Physalis solanacea (Schltdl.) Axelius
* Physalis sordida Fernald
* Physalis stapelioides (Decne. ex Regel) Bitter
* Physalis subilsiana J.M.Toledo
* Physalis subrepens Waterf.
* Physalis sulphurea (Fernald) Waterf.
* Physalis tamayoi O.Vargas, M.Martínez & Dávila
* Physalis tehuacanensis Waterf.
* Physalis turbinatoides Waterf.
* Physalis vestita Waterf.
* Physalis victoriana J.M.Toledo
* Physalis virginiana Mill.
* Physalis viscosa L.
* Physalis volubilis Waterf.
* Physalis walteri Nutt.

### Binomi obsoleti

* Physalis alkekengi L. = Alkekengi officinarum Moench

### Alcune specie

* Physalis angulata
* Physalis crassifolia
* Physalis lobata
* Physalis philadelphica
* Physalis pruinosa