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7434.000 Nicotiana - Tobaccos
Description of the genus
Unarmed herbs, shrubs or small trees. Inflorescence a terminal panicle-like cyme. Calyx 5-lobed, much shorter than the corolla tube, usually somewhat accrescent in fruit. Corolla white, yellow, pink, red or purplish; tubular with a short limb. Stamens 5; anthers included (in ours), dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Fruit a capsule with a large number of minute seeds; capsule enclosed by a persistent papery calyx. Worldwide: 67 species in America (mainly Andean S America and Mexico), S Pacific islands, Australia and one in Namibia. |
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Links to taxa (3) View all taxa with living plant images View all taxa with herbarium specimen images
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| glauca R.J.D. Graham | GI | Description, Image |
| rustica L. | T | Description |
| tabacum L. | N,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Nicotiana:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): NicotianaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Nicotiana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Nicotiana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nicotiana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Nicotiana
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