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Taxon: Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook.

Genus: Nicotiana section: Petunioides
Family: Solanaceae subfamily: Nicotianoideae.
Nomen number: 300389
Place of publication: Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2919. 1829
Name verified on: 25-Mar-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Mar-2009
Species priority site is: Nicotiana Collection (TOB).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Economic importance:

  • Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of tobacco   (based on affinities in the genus fide Chron Bot 16:199. 1954; Mol Phylogenet Evol 33:82. 2004)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Southern South America: Argentina - Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan; Chile [c.]

References:

  • Brandwagt, B. F. et al. 2001. Most AAL toxin-sensitive Nicotiana species are resistant to the tomato fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici. Molec. Pl.-Microbe Interact. 14:460–470.
  • Clarkson, J. J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:75–90.
  • Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:421–423. [proposes close affinity with N. pauciflora].
  • Japan Tobacco Plant Breeding & Genetic Research Laboratory. 1994. The genus Nicotiana illustrated.
  • 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.
  • Lim, K. Y. et al. 2004. Genome evolution in allotetraploid Nicotiana. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 82:599–606. [this study shows that this taxon was the paternal donor of the T-genome; based on GISH methods concludes that translocation occurred].
  • Navas-Bustamante, L. E. 1973–1979. Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile.
  • 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
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300389 (19 May 2013)

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