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Nicotiana L.

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Nicotiana L., Sp. Pl. 180 (1753)
Nicotiana L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
180
ICN
Nicotiana L.
genus
Nicotiana

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Nicotiana

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Nicotiana L.

Unarmed annual or perennial herbs, occasionally shrubs, usually strongly glandular-viscid. Lvs alternate, simple, entire or nearly so, petiolate; basal lvs much larger than upper and often forming rosettes. Infl. a terminal panicle of open cymes, its branches well-developed, sometimes cymes elongated and appearing racemose. Fls usually pedicellate, sometimes nocturnal and then usually fragrant and pale. Calyx 5-toothed, tubular to subglobose, usually irregular, accrescent. Corolla salverform, funnelform or campanulate, white, pink, shades of red, or yellow, 5-lobed, sometimes oblique. Stamens 5, subequal, usually included. Stigma usually capitate, more rarely lobed. Fr. a capsule with 2 or 4 valves. Seeds small, numerous.

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Nicotiana L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Nicotiana L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Nicotiana L.
Tonga

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4b347c98-109e-4ca4-950f-238eb4c4c2ef
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 January 2014
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