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Nothocestrum 
Broadleaf ʻaiea
(Nothocestrum latifolium)Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Subfamily: Solanoideae Tribe: Physaleae Subtribe: Withaninae Genus: Nothocestrum
A.Gray[1]Species See text
Nothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as ʻaiea.[2]
Species
- Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray – Smallflower ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi)
- Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray – Broadleaf ʻaiea (Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)
- Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray – Longleaf ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)
- Nothocestrum peltatum Skottsb. – Oʻahu ʻaiea (Kauaʻi)
References
- ^ "Nothocestrum A.Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8283. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "ʻaiea, halena". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=aiea. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
External links
Media related to Nothocestrum at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Nothocestrum at WikispeciesCategories:- Nothocestrum
- Trees of Hawaii
- Endemic flora of Hawaii
- Solanales stubs
- Tree stubs
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