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Nothocestrum
Sign in to saveNothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as aiea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- With media
- 46
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- NHMUK, SFV, NY, CHRB, MNHN, BPBM
- Recorded in
- United States, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, Hawaii (Usa)
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- taxon name
- Nothocestrum
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- Nothocestrum
- topic's main category
- Category:Nothocestrum
- taxon common name
- aiea
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as aiea.
==Species== Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray – Smallflower aiea (island of Hawaii) Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray – Broadleaf aiea (Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Oahu, Kauai) Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray – Longleaf aiea (island of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Oahu, Kauai) Nothocestrum peltatum Skottsb. – Oahu aiea (Kauai)
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