Nicotiana forsteri

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Nicotiana forsteri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nicotiana
Species:
N. forsteri
Binomial name
Nicotiana forsteri
Synonyms [1]
  • Nicotiana australisR.Br. ex Domin
  • Nicotiana debneyiDomin
  • Nicotiana fruticosaG.Forst.
  • Nicotiana suaveolens var. debneyiF.M.Bailey
  • Nicotiana suaveolens var. parvifloraBenth.

Nicotiana forsteri (syn. Nicotiana debneyi) is a species of wild tobacco in the family Solanaceae, native to Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia. [1] It is a tetraploid. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nicotiana forsteri Roem. & Schult". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. Zeng, Jianmin; Huang, Changjun; Liu, Yong; Yuan, Cheng; Yu, Haiqin; Song, Biqing (2021). "The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Nicotiana debneyi (Solanaceae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 6 (3): 1042–1043. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1899074. PMC   7995905 . PMID   33796732.