Nolana

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Nolana
Nolana confinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Nolaneae
Genus: Nolana
L. (1762)
Species[1]

72; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alibrexia Miers (1845)
  • Alona Lindl. (1844)
  • Aplocarya Lindl. (1844)
  • Bargemontia Gaudich. (1841)
  • Dolia Lindl. (1844)
  • Gubleria Gaudich. (1851)
  • Leloutrea Gaudich. (1852)
  • Neudorfia Adans. (1763)
  • Osteocarpus Phil. (1884)
  • Periloba Raf. (1838)
  • Rayeria Gaudich. (1851)
  • Sorema Lindl. (1844)
  • Teganium Schmidel (1763)
  • Tula Adans. (1763)
  • Velpeaulia Gaudich. (1852)
  • Walkeria Mill. ex Ehret (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Zwingera Hofer (1762)

Nolana (Peruvian bell flower) is a genus of

perennial plants in the nightshade family. The genus is mostly native to Chile and Peru. Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color.[2][3]

Classification

There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Alona, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walkeria, and Zwingera.[1]

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.[4]

Species

Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below.[1] Other sources range from 85[4] to 89 species.[5]

References

Media related to Nolana at Wikimedia Commons