Nicotiana
Nicotiana is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs. They grow in the Americas, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific. The common name for plant species of the genus Nicotiana is tobacco plants.
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| Flowering Nicotiana tabacum | |
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Amphipleis Raf. | |
One of the species is N. tabacum. It is grown worldwide to make tobacco leaf for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Other species are grown as ornamental garden plants.
Nicotiana Media
Illustration with photographs of tobacco leaves infested by tobacco beetles (Lasioderma serricorne) from Runner, G. A., The tobacco beetle (1919), Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Biodiversity Heritage Library
A female specimen of the tobacco hawkmoth (Manduca sexta)
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana × sanderae ornamental cultivar
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References
- ↑ "Genus Nicotiana". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ↑ "Nicotiana L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-13. Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-06-03.