Nolana

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

72; see text

Synonyms [1]
  • AlibrexiaMiers (1845)
  • AlonaLindl. (1844)
  • AplocaryaLindl. (1844)
  • BargemontiaGaudich. (1841)
  • DoliaLindl. (1844)
  • GubleriaGaudich. (1851)
  • LeloutreaGaudich. (1852)
  • NeudorfiaAdans. (1763)
  • OsteocarpusPhil. (1884)
  • PerilobaRaf. (1838)
  • RayeriaGaudich. (1851)
  • SoremaLindl. (1844)
  • TeganiumSchmidel (1763)
  • TulaAdans. (1763)
  • VelpeauliaGaudich. (1852)
  • WalkeriaMill. ex Ehret (1763), nom. superfl.
  • ZwingeraHofer (1762)

Nolana (Peruvian bell flower) is a genus of hard annual or 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]

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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

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nolana L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. Stavenga, Doekele G.; Van Der Kooi, Casper J. (2016). "Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, interpreted with a scattering and absorbing layer stack model". Planta. 243 (1): 171–181. Bibcode:2016Plant.243..171S. doi:10.1007/s00425-015-2395-0. PMC   4698304 . PMID   26369332.
  3. van der Kooi, Casper J.; Elzenga, J. Theo M.; Staal, Marten; Stavenga, Doekele G. (2016). "How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283 (1830). doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0429. PMC   4874715 . PMID   27170723.
  4. 1 2 Dillon, M. O. (2005). "The Solanaceae of the lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile" (PDF). Monographs in Systematic Botany: 131–56. S2CID   88507110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-16.
  5. Dillon, M. O. and J. Wen. Phylogenetic Systematics of Nolana (Solanaceae) and Biogeographic Implications for the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts.

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