Nicotiana suaveolens

Australian tobacco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Solanales
Family:Solanaceae
Genus:Nicotiana
Species: N. suaveolens
Binomial name
Nicotiana suaveolens
Synonyms

  • ''Nicotiana australasiae R.Br., Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire App. V: 472. 1818.
  • Nicotiana exigua H.-M.Wheeler, University of California Publications in Botany 18(4): 64. 1935.
  • Nicotiana suaveolens var. parviflora Benth., Flora Australiensis 4: 470. 1868.
  • Nicotiana suaveolens var. rotundifolia (Lindl.) Comes, Monographie du Genre Nicotiana: 42. 1899.
  • Nicotiana undulata Sims, Botanical Magazine 22: t. 673. 1805, nom. illeg.
  • Nicotiana undulata Vent., Jardin de la Malmaison: 10, t. 10. 1803, nom. illeg.

Nicotiana suaveolens, the Australian tobacco, is a herb to 1.5 metres tall. Growing in New South Wales and Victoria.

It is the only variety of Nicotiana native to outside the Americas.[1]

References

  • "Nicotiana suaveolens". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  1. Ley, Willy (December 1965). "The Healthfull Aromatick Herbe". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 88–98.


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