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Nicotiana
Nicotiana (/ˌnɪkoʊʃiˈeɪnə, nɪˌkoʊ-, -kɒti-, -ˈɑːnə, -ˈænə/) is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs of the family Solanaceae, that is indigenous to the Americas, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific. Various Nicotiana species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. N. tabacum is grown worldwide for production of tobacco leaf for cigarettes and other tobacco products.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Noctiflorae
sectionNoctiflorae
Trigonophyllae
sectionTrigonophyllae
Section Alatae
sectionAlatae
Nicotiana
sectionNicotiana
Petunioides
sectionPetunioides
Polydicliae
sectionPolydicliae
Repandae
sectionRepandae
Sylvestres
sectionSylvestres
Suaveolentes
sectionSuaveolentes
Rusticae
sectionRusticae
Paniculatae
sectionPaniculatae
Tomentosae
sectionTomentosae
Section Undulatae
sectionUndulatae
Garden Tobacco
hybridNicotiana × sanderi
Nicotiana fatuhivensis
speciesNicotiana fatuhivensis
Nicotiana sessilifolia
speciesNicotiana sessilifolia
Nicotiana bungonia
speciesNicotiana bungonia
Nicotiana candelabra
speciesNicotiana candelabra
Nicotiana gascoynica
speciesNicotiana gascoynica
Nicotiana pila
speciesNicotiana pila
Nicotiana litoranea
speciesNicotiana litoranea
Nicotiana yandinga
speciesNicotiana yandinga
Nicotiana faucicola
speciesNicotiana faucicola
Debney's × cultivated tobacco
hybridNicotiana × didepta
Nicotiana petum
speciesNicotiana petum
Nicotiana crux-australis
speciesNicotiana crux-australis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58335.