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Nolana

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Nolana volcanica.jpg

|image_caption = Nolana confinis

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|parent_authority = Rchb.

|taxon = Nolana

|authority = L. (1762)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 72; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30003554-2 Nolana L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

|synonyms =

  • Alibrexia {{small|Miers (1845)}}
  • Alona {{small|Lindl. (1844)}}
  • Aplocarya {{small|Lindl. (1844)}}
  • Bargemontia {{small|Gaudich. (1841)}}
  • Dolia {{small|Lindl. (1844)}}
  • Gubleria {{small|Gaudich. (1851)}}
  • Leloutrea {{small|Gaudich. (1852)}}
  • Neudorfia {{small|Adans. (1763)}}
  • Osteocarpus {{small|Phil. (1884)}}
  • Periloba {{small|Raf. (1838)}}
  • Rayeria {{small|Gaudich. (1851)}}
  • Sorema {{small|Lindl. (1844)}}
  • Teganium {{small|Schmidel (1763)}}
  • Tula {{small|Adans. (1763)}}
  • Velpeaulia {{small|Gaudich. (1852)}}
  • Walkeria {{small|Mill. ex Ehret (1763), nom. superfl.}}
  • Zwingera {{small|Hofer (1762)}}

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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.{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00425-015-2395-0|title=Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, interpreted with a scattering and absorbing layer stack model |year=2016 |last1=Stavenga |first1=Doekele G. |last2=Van Der Kooi |first2=Casper J. |journal=Planta |volume=243 |issue=1 |pages=171–181 |pmid=26369332 |pmc=4698304 |bibcode=2016Plant.243..171S }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1098/rspb.2016.0429|title=How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration |year=2016 |last1=van der Kooi |first1=Casper J. |last2=Elzenga |first2=J. Theo M. |last3=Staal |first3=Marten |last4=Stavenga |first4=Doekele G. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=283 |issue=1830 |pmid=27170723 |pmc=4874715 }}

Classification

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.

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.{{cite journal|last=Dillon|first=M. O.|year=2005|url=http://www.sacha.org/Solanaceae/Lomas_Solanaceae.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316090045/http://www.sacha.org/Solanaceae/Lomas_Solanaceae.pdf|archive-date=2020-03-16|title=The Solanaceae of the lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile|journal=Monographs in Systematic Botany|pages=131–56|s2cid=88507110}}

Species

Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below. Other sources range from 85 to 89 species.Dillon, M. O. and J. Wen. [http://www.sacha.org/Nolana/Nolana_supplement.htm Phylogenetic Systematics of Nolana (Solanaceae) and Biogeographic Implications for the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts.]

References

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Category:Solanoideae

Category:Solanaceae genera

Category:Flora of Chile

Category:Flora of Peru

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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