Nicotiana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 180 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Canada to Guatemala, Cuba, Ecuador to S. South America and E. & S. Brazil, Namibia, Australia to S. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Cuba, Ecuador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Idaho, Juan Fernández Is., Marquesas, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Namibia, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oregon, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, South Australia, Texas, Tonga, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marcus I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New York, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Ontario, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Québec, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Goodspeed, The Genus Nicotiana (1954).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 259

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 84 (1754).
  • Hunziker, Gen. Solanacearum: 49 (2001).
  • Nicotiana L., Sp. Pl.: 180 (1753)
  • Sp. Pl.: 180 (1753)

Kew Plants for Health

  • "Plants. Goldfrank's Tox Emergencies (Nelson, 2018)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chron. Bot. 16: 1–536 (1954);
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 84 (1754);
  • Gen. Solanaceae: 49–53 (2001)
  • Japan Tobacco Inc., Nicotiana Illustrated: 1–293 (1994);
  • Journ. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 3: 1–56 (1981);
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 180 (1753)

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0