Nicotiana
Nicotiana () is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Solanaceae that is indigenous to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and the South Pacific. Various Nicotiana species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. N. tabacum is grown worldwide for the cultivation of tobacco leaves that are used for manufacturing and producing tobacco products, including cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, snuff, snus, etc.
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Nicotiana is a genus of plants native to the Americas, Australia, Africa, and the South Pacific that belongs to the same family as tomatoes and peppers. While some species are grown as ornamental garden plants, Nicotiana tabacum is the commercially important species cultivated globally to produce tobacco leaves for cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North
煙草屬（學名：Nicotiana），又名炮仔草屬， 是茄科一年生草本植物。烟草属大约有60多种，但真正用于制造卷菸和烟丝的，基本只有红花菸草（Nicotiana tabacum），此外还有少部分用黄花菸草（Nicotiana rustica），其他品种很少用，所以日常生活提及的煙草，多數指這兩個物種。
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
41,596 papers- Nicotiana (Nicotiana tobaccum, Nicotiana benthamiana).Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2006
- The Rise and Rise of Nicotiana benthamiana: A Plant for All Reasons.
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Manmade hybrids
- Formerly placed here
- Etymology
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Nicotiana () is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Solanaceae that is indigenous to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and the South Pacific. Various Nicotiana species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. N. tabacum is grown worldwide for the cultivation of tobacco leaves that are used for manufacturing and producing tobacco products, including cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, snuff, snus, etc.
==Taxonomy==