Nama (plant)

Last updated

Nama
Nama demissum 3.jpg
Nama demissa, Nevada desert
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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] or a broadly defined family Boraginaceae. [3] Most are found in western North America. Many are known by the common name fiddleleaf. [4]

Contents

Taxonomy

Carl Linnaeus created some confusion by using the genus name Nama twice – in 1753 for the type species Nama zeylanica and in 1759 for the type species Nama jamaicensis. The later of the two has been conserved over the earlier, the correct name for which is now Hydrolea . [5]

There has been some further confusion over the gender of Nama. The Greek νᾶμα (náma), referring to 'flowing water', is neuter, [6] and some sources have used neuter endings in specific epithets (e.g. the USDA Plants database as of March 2026 [7] ). However, the genus has traditionally been treated as feminine (e.g. by A. P. de Candolle in 1846 [8] ), and Tropicos notes that feminine gender is "automatically conserved". [9]

Species

As of March 2026, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species. [3] English names are from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. [10]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Nama L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  4. ↑ NRCS. "Nama". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Rickett, H. W. & Stafleu, F. A. (1960). "Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda spermatophytorum IV". Taxon. 9 (3): 67–86. doi:10.2307/1216832. JSTOR   1216832. p. 83.
  6. ↑ Liddell & Scott (1940). "νᾶμα". A Greek–English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Nama L. – Subordinate Taxa". PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  8. ↑ de Candolle, A. P. (1846), "III Nama Linn.", Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, vol. 10, pp. 182–183, retrieved 2026-03-04
  9. ↑ "Nama L." Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  10. ↑ "Nama". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-03-05.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.