Common Names
Common Names in English:
Acuminate Tobacco, Many-Flower Tobacco, Manyflower Tobacco, Tabaco Silvestre
Description
Family Solanaceae
Herbs, shrubs
, small trees
, or climbers
. Stems sometimes prickly, rarely thorny; hairs
simple
, branched, or stellate
, sometimes glandular
. Leaves alternate, solitary or paired
, simple or pinnately compound
, without stipules; leaf blade
entire
, dentate
, lobed
, or divided
. Inflorescences terminal
, overtopped by continuing axes, appearing axillary
, extra-axillary
, or leaf opposed, often apparently umbellate
, racemose, paniculate
, clustered, or solitary flowers, rarely true cymes, sometimes bracteate
. Flowers mostly bisexual
, usually regular, 5-merous, rarely 4- or 6-9-merous. Calyx mostly lobed. Petals united
. Stamens as many as corolla lobes
and alternate with them, inserted
within corolla, all alike or 1 or more reduced; anthers
dehiscing longitudinally or by apical pores
. Ovary 2-5-locular; placentation mostly axile
; ovules usually numerous
. Style
1. Fruiting calyx often becoming enlarged, mostly persistent
. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds with copious
endosperm; embryo mostly curved
.
About 95 genera with 2300 species: best represented in western tropical
America, widespread in temperate
and tropical regions
; 20 genera (ten introduced
) and 101 species in China.
Some species of Solanaceae are known in China only by plants
cultivated in ornamental
or specialty gardens: Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner, Brugmansia suaveolens (Willdenow) Berchtold & Presl, Nicotiana alata Link & Otto, and Solanum jasminoides Paxton.Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy "Solanaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 300. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Genus Nicotiana
Herbs, shrubs
, or small trees
; pubescence
of simple
and glandular
hairs
. Leaves petiolate
or sessile, entire
or subentire
. Inflorescences paniculate
, racemose, or reduced to solitary flowers; peduncle
mostly erect
; bracts mostly present. Flowers sometimes showy, mostly fragrant, zygomorphic, 4- or 5-merous, pedicellate
. Calyx regular or irregular, tubular
or tubular-campanulate, lobed
. Corolla tubular, funnelform
, or salverform
; tube
lobed to subentire. Stamens inserted
below middle
of corolla tube; filaments
slender; anthers
dehiscing longitudinally. Disc ringlike, nectariferous
. Ovary 2-locular. Stigma 2-lobed. Fruiting calyx persistent
, slightly inflated
, partially or completely enveloping fruit. Fruit a dry capsule dehiscing by apical valves
. Seeds numerous
, minute; embryo erect or slightly bent; cotyledons linear
.
About 95 species: Africa, Americas, Australia, and Oceania; three species are cultivated in China as drug plants
or as ornamentals
, at least one is naturalized
."Nicotiana". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 331. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Growth
Culture: Space 24-36" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
)
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
)
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Solanales
(
)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Solanaceae
(
)
- Adans., 1763, Nom. Cons.
- Potato Family
- Subfamily:
Nicotianoideae
(
)
- Tribe:
Nicotianeae
(
)
- Genus:
Nicotiana
(
)
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 180. 1753.
- Tobacco
- Specific epithet:
acuminata
- Hook.
- Botanical name: - Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook.
- Specific epithet:
acuminata
- Hook.
- Genus:
Nicotiana
(
- Tribe:
Nicotianeae
(
- Subfamily:
Nicotianoideae
(
- Family:
Solanaceae
(
- Order:
Solanales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook.
- Petunia acuminata
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2919. 1829
Name verified on 08-Dec-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nicotiana
There are approximately 432 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
N. 'Avalon Bright Pink' · N. 'Avalon Peach' · N. 'Avalon Pink' · N. 'Avalon Red' · N. 'Avalon Salmon' · N.'Domino Antique Shades' (Antique Shades Nicotiana) · N. 'Fragrant Cloud' · N. 'Hopleys' · N. 'Lime Green' · N. 'Merlin Peach' · N. 'Perfume Lime' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. 'Perfume Red' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. 'Seigrande' · N. 'Seisuave' · N. 'Seiverde' · N. 'Sissinghurst Green' · N. 'Stonecrop Mauve' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. 'Tinkerbell' · N. acaulis · N. acuminata (Many-Flower Tobacco) · N. acuminata var. acuminata · N. acuminata var. cirrhoides · N. acuminata var. compacta · N. acuminata var. multiflora · N. acuminata var. multiflora (Phil.) Reiche (Manyflower Tobacco) · N. acuminata var. parviflora · N. acuminata var. sileniflora · N. acuta · N. acutiflora · N. acutifolia · N. africana · N. alata (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata'Domino Red' (Domino Red Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Domino Salmon Pink' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Domino White' · N. alata 'Grandiflora' · N. alata 'Hummingbird Appleblossom' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Hummingbird Deep Rose' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Hummingbird Purple Bicolor' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Hybrids' · N. alata 'Nicki Lime' · N. alata 'Perfume Mix' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata 'Saratoga Red' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata f. rubella · N. alata Link & Otto 'Domino-serie F1 f. Farbenmischung' · N. alata Link & Otto 'Fragrant Delight' · N. alata Link & Otto 'Lime Green' (Flowering Tobacco) · N. alata Link & Otto 'Sperlings Brasilia' · N. alata Link & Otto 'Starship-Serie f.Mischung' · N. alata × mutabilis · N. alba · N. alipes · N. alpina · N. alpina var. deserticola · N. alpina var. patagonica · N. ameghinoi · N. amplexicaulis · N. andicola · N. angustifolia · N. angustifolia var. crispa · N. angustifolia var. parviflora · N. anisandra · N. anisoloba · N. arborea · N. arentsii · N. asiatica · N. attenuata (Coyote Tabacco) · N. auriculata · N. australasiae · N. Avalon Series · N. axillaris · N. axillaris var. nyctaginiflora · N. axillaris var. propinqua · N. azambujae · N. benavidesii · N. benthamiana · N. berteroana · N. bigelovi · N. bigelovii var. bigelovii · N. bonariensis · N. brachysolen · N. brasilia · N. brasiliensis · N. breviflora · N. breviloba · N. buccinans · N. burbidgeae · N. burbidgei · N. caesia · N. californica · N. capensis · N. cardiophylla · N. caudata · N. caudigera · N. cavanillesii · N. cavanillesii var. noctiflora · N. cavanillesii var. typica · N. cavicola · N. cerinthoides · N. ceryntoides
Bibliography
- Japan Tobacco Plant Breeding & Genetic Research Laboratory. 1994. The genus Nicotiana illustrated. (Nicotiana)
- Navas-Bustamante, L. E. 1973–1979. Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile. (F Santiago)
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2653644
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-30570
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13745167
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816838-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 300389
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 30570
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 816838-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSOL0M010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: NIAC
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49786
