Taxon: Nicotiana glauca Graham

Common names:

• tree tobacco   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  
• wild tobacco   (Source: Kellerman et al.1988) – English
  
• wildetabak   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

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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

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay
• naturalized in tropical & s. Africa, temperate Asia, United States (including Hawaii), Mexico, & Macaronesia

References:

• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
• Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977–. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, Republica Argentina. (F Jujuy)
• Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. (F BuenAir)
• 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 J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. (Cooper & Johnson ed2) [poisonous].
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia. (F Aust)
• Gisbert, C. et al. 2003. A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303:440–445.
• Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:335.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. (F ConoSur)
• Japan Tobacco Plant Breeding & Genetic Research Laboratory. 1994. The genus Nicotiana illustrated. (Nicotiana)
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
• Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. (Kellerman et al.)
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. (Kingsbury) [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. (Lampe & McCann) [poisonous].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Lewis, R. S. & J. S. Nicholson. 2007. Aspects of the evolution of Nicotiana tabacum L. and the status of the United States Nicotiana germplasm collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:729–730.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). (Malezas Mex)
• Vignoli-Silva, M. & L. A. Mentz. 2005. O gênero Nicotiana L. (Solanaceae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Bot. 60:161.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Zhu, C. et al. 2007. Nicotiana glauca engineered for the production of ketocarotenoids in flowers and leaves by expressing the cyanobacterial crtO ketolase gene. Transgenic Res. 16:813–821.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)

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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.

Check other databases for Nicotiana glauca Graham:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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