Nolana (Peruvian bell flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the nightshade family. The genus is mostly native to Chile and Peru. Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Nolaneae |
| Genus: | Nolana L. (1762) |
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Classification edit
There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Alona, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walkeria, and Zwingera.[1]
Nolana is the only genus in the Solanaceae which has a fruit composed of mericarps, although its flower and other vegetative morphology is similar to other plants in this family. It seems to be most closely related to Lycium.[4]
Species edit
Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below.[1] Other sources range from 85[4] to 89 species.[5]
- Nolana acuminata (Miers) Dunal
- Nolana adansonii (Schult.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana aenigma M.O.Dillon, S.Leiva & Quip.
- Nolana albescens (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana aplocaryoides (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana arenicola I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana arequipensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
- Nolana baccata (Lindl.) Dunal
- Nolana balsamiflua (Gaudich.) Mesa
- Nolana bombonensis Quip. & M.O.Dillon
- Nolana callae Quip. & M.O.Dillon
- Nolana carnosa (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
- Nolana chancoana M.O.Dillon & Quip.
- Nolana chapiensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
- Nolana clivicola (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana coelestis (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
- Nolana confinis (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana crassulifolia Kunze ex Walp.
- Nolana deflexa (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana dianae M.O.Dillon
- Nolana divaricata (Lindl.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana elegans (Phil.) Reiche
- Nolana filifolia (Hook. & Arn.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana flaccida (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana foliosa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana galapagensis (Christoph.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana gayana (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana glauca (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana gracillima (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana hoxeyi M.O.Dillon & Quip.
- Nolana humifusa (Gouan) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana incana (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana inconspicua (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana inflata Ruiz & Pav.
- Nolana intonsa I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana jaffuelii I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana lachimbensis M.O.Dillon & Luebert
- Nolana latipes I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana laxa (Miers) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana leptophylla (Miers) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana lezamae M.O.Dillon, S.Leiva & Quip.
- Nolana linearifolia Phil.
- Nolana lycioides I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana mariarosae Ferreyra
- Nolana mollis (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana onoana M.O.Dillon & M.Nakaz.
- Nolana paradoxa Lindl.
- Nolana parviflora (Phil.) Phil.
- Nolana patachensis J.Hepp & M.O.Dillon
- Nolana peruviana (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana philippiana M.O.Dillon & Luebert
- Nolana platyphylla (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana polymorpha Gaudich.
- Nolana pterocarpa Phil. ex Wettst.
- Nolana quicachaensis Quip. & M.O.Dillon
- Nolana ramosissima I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana reichei M.O.Dillon & Arancio
- Nolana rhombifolia Martic. & Quezada
- Nolana rostrata (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
- Nolana rupicola Gaudich.
- Nolana salsoloides (Lindl.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana samaensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
- Nolana scaposa Ferreyra
- Nolana sedifolia Poepp.
- Nolana sessiliflora Phil.
- Nolana sphaerophylla (Phil.) Mesa ex M.O.Dillon
- Nolana stenophylla I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana tarapacana (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana tocopillensis (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana tricotiflora Quip. & M.O.Dillon
- Nolana villosa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolana werdermannii I.M.Johnst.
References edit
- ^ a b c d Nolana L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Stavenga, Doekele G.; Van Der Kooi, Casper J. (2016). "Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, interpreted with a scattering and absorbing layer stack model". Planta. 243 (1): 171–181. doi:10.1007/s00425-015-2395-0. PMC 4698304. PMID 26369332.
- ^ van der Kooi, Casper J.; Elzenga, J. Theo M.; Staal, Marten; Stavenga, Doekele G. (2016). "How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283 (1830). doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0429. PMC 4874715. PMID 27170723.
- ^ a b Dillon, M. O. (2005). "The Solanaceae of the lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile" (PDF). Monographs in Systematic Botany: 131–56. S2CID 88507110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-16.
- ^ Dillon, M. O. and J. Wen. Phylogenetic Systematics of Nolana (Solanaceae) and Biogeographic Implications for the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts.
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