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Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT

Nicotiana

SolanumBush Tomato Solanum centrale Solanum chippendalei Solanum ellipticum Solanum quadriloculatum Nicotiana

The genus Nicotiana (family Solanaceae), common name for this group of herbaceous plants and shrubs is Native Tobacco, Wild tobaccos and Tobacco plants. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and the South Pacific, with various species also cultivated as garden plants and as a crop plant (Nicotiana tabacum being grown for production of cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, chewing tobacco etc).

Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Asteranae
  • Order: Solanales
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • Genus: Nicotiana
  • Species:
    • Nicotiana alata Link & Otto 
    • Nicotiana amplexicaulis N.T.Burb. 
    • Nicotiana benthamiana Domin 
    • Nicotiana bilybara M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana burbidgeae Symon 
    • Nicotiana candelabra M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana cavicola N.T.Burb. 
    • Nicotiana excelsior (J.M.Black) J.M.Black 
    • Nicotiana faucicola Conran & M.W.Chase 
    • Nicotiana forsteri Roem. & Schult. 
    • Nicotiana gascoynica M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana glauca Graham 
    • Nicotiana goodspeedii H.-M.Wheeler 
    • Nicotiana gossei Domin 
    • Nicotiana heterantha Symon & Kenneally 
    • Nicotiana hoskingii M.W.Chase, Palsson & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana insecticida M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana karijini M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana langsdorffii Weinm. 
    • Nicotiana longiflora Cav. 
    • Nicotiana maritima H.-M.Wheeler 
    • Nicotiana megalosiphon Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. 
    • Nicotiana monoschizocarpa (P.Horton) Symon & Lepschi 
    • Nicotiana murchisonica M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana notha M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M.Wheeler 
    • Nicotiana paulineana Newbigin & P.M.Waterh. 
    • Nicotiana pila M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana rosulata (S.Moore) Domin 
    • Nicotiana rotundifolia Lindl. 
    • Nicotiana rupestris M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana rustica L. 
    • Nicotiana salina M.W.Chase, M.F.Fay & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana sanderae W.Watson 
    • Nicotiana scopulorum M.W.Chase & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana simulans N.T.Burb. 
    • Nicotiana sp. 1 (Tomoulin) 
    • Nicotiana sp. Corunna (D.E.Symon 17088) Symon 
    • Nicotiana sp. Tomoulin (J.R.Clarkson 5122) 
    • Nicotiana suaveolens Lehm. 
    • Nicotiana sylvestris Speg. 
    • Nicotiana tabacum L. 
    • Nicotiana truncata Symon 
    • Nicotiana umbratica N.T.Burb. 
    • Nicotiana velutina H.-M.Wheeler 
    • Nicotiana walpa M.W.Chase, Dodsworth & Christenh. 
    • Nicotiana wuttkei J.R.Clarkson & Symon 
    • Nicotiana x flindersiensis Nicholls 
    • Nicotiana yandinga M.W.Chase & Christenh.

      Atlas of Living Australia current listing of 49 species (27 October 2024)

Footnote & References

  1. Nicotiana L., Native Tobacco,, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Nicotiana

SolanumBush Tomato Solanum centrale Solanum chippendalei Solanum ellipticum Solanum quadriloculatum Nicotiana

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