Taxon: Nicotiana glauca Graham

Common names:

• glaucous-leaf tobacco   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• tobacco-bush   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• tree tobacco   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  
• wild tobacco   (Source: Kellerman et al.1988) – English
  
• wildetabak   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• blaugrüner Tabak   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• blåtobak   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: pollution control   (fide Gisbert et al. 2003, for accumulation of Pb)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of tobacco   (based on affinities in the genus fide Chron Bot 16:199. 1954)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View toxicology references for Nicotiana glauca from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Federal District, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Egypt - Sinai; Israel; Lebanon; Turkey
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: U.S. Outlying Islands - Johnston Atoll; United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

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• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
• Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977–. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, Republica Argentina.
• Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
• Clarkson, J. J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:75–90.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nicotiana glauca.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nicotiana glauca.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nicotiana glauca.

Check other web resources for Nicotiana glauca Graham:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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