Nolana

Nolana
Nolana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nolana
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Species

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Nolana (Chilean Bell Flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the Nightshade family, which is native of costal areas in Chile and Peru.

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Classification

There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Pachysolen, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walberia, and Zwingera.

Nolana is the only genus in the Solanaceae which has a fruit composed of mericarps, although its flower and other vegetative morphology is similar to other plants in this family. It seems to be most closely related to Lycium and Grabowskia.[1]

Select species included

  • Nolana acuminata
  • Nolana tenella
  • Nolana atriplicifolia
  • Nolana crassulifolia
  • Nolana humifusa
  • Nolana prostrata
  • Nolana rupicola
  • Nolana sedifolia

References

  1. ^ Michael O. Dillon (2005). "The Solanaceae of the Lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile". Monographs in systematic botany. p. 9. http://www.sacha.org/Solanaceae/Lomas_Solanaceae.pdf. 

External links

  • Nolana
  • Nolana supplement from Michael O. Dillon & Jun Wen of the Field Museum, Chicago, IL. Includes photos of flowers and fruit.
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