Nama (plant)

Nama
Nama demissum, Nevada desert
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Namaceae
Genus:	Nama L. [1]
Type species
Nama jamaicense L.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
AndropusBrand ConanthusS.Watson [1] LemmoniaA.Gray MarilaunidiumKuntze

Nama is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Namaceae. ^[2] Most are found in western North America. Many are known by the common name fiddleleaf. ^[3]

Selected species

Nama aretioides (Hook. & Arn.) Brand– ground nama Nama arizonicum Bacon– Arizona fiddleleaf Nama californicum (A.Gray) Bacon– California fiddleleaf Nama carnosum (Woot.) C.L.Hitchc.– sand fiddleleaf Nama demissum A.Gray– purple mat Nama densum J.G.Lemmon– leafy nama Nama depressum J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray– depressed fiddleleaf Nama dichotomum (Ruiz & Pavón) Choisy– wishbone fiddleleaf Nama havardii A.Gray– Havard's fiddleleaf Nama hispidum A.Gray– sand bells, bristly nama Nama jamaicense L.– Jamaicanweed Nama lobbii A.Gray– Lobb's fiddleleaf Nama macranthum (Choisy) Brand– royal fiddleleaf

Nama parvifolium (Torr.) Greenm.– small-leaf fiddleleaf Nama pusillum J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray– eggleaf fiddleleaf Nama retrorsum J.T.Howell– betatakin fiddleleaf Nama rothrockii A.Gray– Rothrock's fiddleleaf Nama sandwicense A.Gray– hinahina kahakai Nama serpylloides A.Gray ex Hemsl.– velvet fiddleleaf Nama stenocarpa A.Gray– mud fiddleleaf Nama stenophyllum A.Gray ex Hemsl.– slimpod fiddleleaf Nama stevensii C.L.Hitchc.– Stevens' fiddleleaf Nama torynophyllum Greenm.– matted fiddleleaf Nama undulatum Kunth– whitewhisker fiddleleaf Nama xylopodum (Woot. & Standl.) C.L.Hitchc.– yellowseed fiddleleaf [4] [5]

Formerly placed here

• Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd.) Stearn (as N. convolvuloidesWilld.)
• Eriodictyon parryi (A.Gray) Greene (as N. parryiA.Gray) ^[5]

Gallery

Nama

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  Nama aretioides
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  Nama demissum
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  Nama hispidum
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  Nama jamaicense
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  Nama sandwicense

References

1. "Genus: Nama L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
2. "Namaceae Molinari". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
3. NRCS. "Nama". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4. "Nama". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-03-05.
5. "GRIN Species Records of Nama". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-05.

External links

• Media related to Nama at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Nama at Wikispecies