Nicotiana

See also: nicotiana

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561, +‎ -iana

Proper noun

Nicotiana f

A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the tobacco plants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Solanaceae - family; Nicotianoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Nicotiana sect. Alatae, Nicotiana sect. Nicotiana, Nicotiana sect. Noctiflorae, Nicotiana sect. Paniculatae, Nicotiana sect. Petunioides, Nicotiana sect. Polydicliae, Nicotiana sect. Repandae, Nicotiana sect. Rusticae, Nicotiana sect. Suaveolentes, Nicotiana sect. Sylvestres, Nicotiana sect. Tomentosae, Nicotiana sect. Trigonophyllae, Nicotiana sect. Undulatae - sections
- Nicotiana tabacum - type species; Nicotiana rustica - selected other species; for others see List of Nicotiana species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

nicotine alkaloid

References

Nicotiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nicotiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nicotiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Nicotiana at USDA Plants database
Nicotiana at The Plant List

Latin

Etymology

From the surname of Jean Nicot +‎ -iana

Proper noun

Nicotiana

A taxonomic genus, within family Solanaceae - the tobacco plants

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