Nolana
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Nolana (Chilean Bell Flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the Nightshade family, which is native of costal areas in Chile and Peru.
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[edit] Classification
There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Pachysolen, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walberia, and Zwingera.
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 and Grabowskia.[1]
[edit] Select species included:
- Nolana acuminata
- Nolana tenella
- Nolana atriplicifolia
- Nolana crassulifolia
- Nolana humifusa
- Nolana prostrata
- Nolana rupicola
- Nolana sedifolia
[edit] References
- ^ Michael O. Dillon (2005). The Solanaceae of the Lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile. Monographs in systematic botany.
[edit] External links
- Nolana
- Nolana supplement from Michael O. Dillon & Jun Wen of the Field Museum, Chicago, IL. Includes photos of flowers and fruit.
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