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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Nicotiana L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 180 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000026097.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 180. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Nicotiana

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Amphipleis	Raf.	Medik., Speg., Medik., and Speg., Fl. Tellur. iii. 75 (1836)..	wfo-4000001732
Blenocoes	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 3: 75. 1837 [1836 publ. Nov-Dec 1837]	wfo-4000004758
Codylis	Raf.	Dunal and Dunal, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4(3): 191. 1819 [Jan 1819], 1819.	wfo-4000008806
Dittostigma	Phil.	Sert. Mend. Alt. 36 (1871).	wfo-4000012293
Eucapnia	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. iii. 74 (1836).	wfo-4000014094
Langsdorfia	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. iii. 74 (1836).	wfo-4000020555
Perieteris	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 3: 74 (1837).	wfo-4000028762
Polydiclis	Miers	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 4(23): 361. 1849 [Nov 1849].	wfo-4000030729
Sairanthus	G.Don	Gen. Hist. iv. 467 (1837).	wfo-4000033808
Siphaulax	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. iii. 74 (1837).	wfo-4000035495
Tabacum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. i. 39 (1782).	wfo-4000037388

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Nicotiana:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Nicotiana acuminata var. parviflora	Comes	Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli (ser. 5) 1(1): 39. 1899	wfo-0001023644
Nicotiana acutifolia	Burb.	Gard. Chron. 2: 183. 1881.	wfo-0001023649
Nicotiana acutifolia	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 3: 12. 1844	wfo-0001023648
Nicotiana alata f. rubella	Moldenke	Phytologia 2: 319. 1947 described from cultivated material	wfo-0001325117
Nicotiana alipes	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 553. 1821	wfo-0001023658
Nicotiana alpina	Poepp. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 564. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023659
Nicotiana andicola	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 1. 1818	wfo-0001023665
Nicotiana angustifolia var. parviflora	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 569. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023671
Nicotiana anisandra	Vest	Flora 4(1): 147. 1821	wfo-0001023673
Nicotiana anisoloba	Sweet ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023674
Nicotiana arborea	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 81. 1923.	wfo-0001023675
Nicotiana atkinsiana	(D.Don ex Loudon) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 223. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] as atkinsoniana	wfo-0001023678
Nicotiana australasiae	R.Br.	Narr. Exped. Zaire, App. 5: 472. 1818	wfo-0001023683
Nicotiana australis	Domin	Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4) 1928 = Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 89 (Dec. 1929) 592. Tafel XXXVI, figs 15-19	wfo-0001023684
Nicotiana berteroana	hort. ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 504. 1839	wfo-0001023692
Nicotiana brasilia	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023700
Nicotiana brasiliensis	Link & Otto ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 594. 1830	wfo-0001023701
Nicotiana breviflora	Gillies ex Miers	London J. Bot. 5: 175. 1846	wfo-0001023702
Nicotiana buccinans	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 81. 1923.	wfo-0001023705
Nicotiana californica	hort. ex Grabov.	Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 1, Sist. Rast. Obscie Vopr. Rasteniev. 2: 193. 1937.	wfo-0001023708
Nicotiana caudata	Nutt.	J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia n.s., 1: 181. 1847.	wfo-0001023711
Nicotiana colossea	André	Rev. Hort. [Paris] 60: 511. 1888	wfo-0001023726
Nicotiana commutata	Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.	Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 4: 61. 1838 [1837]	wfo-0001023727
Nicotiana crispa	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot. 67; Pers. Syn. 1: 217. 1804	wfo-0001023739
Nicotiana crispula	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023741
Nicotiana debneyi subsp. debneyi	–	–	wfo-0001023744
Nicotiana decurrens	Agardh	Nagra ord om Tobaks 17. 1819	wfo-0001023746
Nicotiana decurrens	Tausch	Flora 19(2): 388. 1836	wfo-0001023747
Nicotiana dilatata	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 179. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]	wfo-0001023749
Nicotiana diversifolia	Nees ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 572. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023750
Nicotiana dubia	Jacquem.	Voy. Inde [Jacquemont] 4(Bot.): 114. [Apr 1835 - Dec 1844]	wfo-0001023752
Nicotiana edwardsonii	Christie & D.W.Hall	Baileya 20: 133(-135), fig. 1979	wfo-0001023753
Nicotiana flindersiensis	Nicholls	Vict. Naturalist 53: 64. 1936	wfo-0001023760
Nicotiana florida	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 132. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]	wfo-0001023762
Nicotiana fragrans	Bernh. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554, nomen. 1821	wfo-0001023765
Nicotiana frigida	Phil.	Fl. Atacam. 41. 1860	wfo-0001023768
Nicotiana frutescens	Hort.Amstel. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 23. 1818,	wfo-0001023769
Nicotiana fruticosa	G.Forst.	Fl. Ins. Austr. 17. 1786 [Oct-Nov 1786]	wfo-0001023772
Nicotiana gigantea	Hort.Dorpat. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 19. 1818	wfo-0001023774
Nicotiana graciliflora	A.Braun	Del. Sem. Hort. Frib. (1849) 3, adnot.; ex Walp. Ann. iii. 150.	wfo-0001023788
Nicotiana gracilipes	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001023789
Nicotiana hispida	Dombey ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 568. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023797
Nicotiana humilis	Bertol.	Misc. Bot. (Bertol.) 13: 14. 1853	wfo-0001023799
Nicotiana humilis	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 10. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]	wfo-0001023801
Nicotiana humilis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001023800
Nicotiana inodora	(Cav.) Pau	Broteria, Ser. Bot. 1926, 22: 119; et in Le Monde des Plantes, 1926, xxvii.No. 163, 6, in obs.	wfo-0001023803
Nicotiana integrifolia	(Hook.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 223. 1898 [28 Sep 1898]	wfo-0001023804
Nicotiana ipomopsiflora	A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 166. 1862.	wfo-0001023805
Nicotiana ipomopsiflora	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 559. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023806
Nicotiana irregularis	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 81. 1923.	wfo-0001023807
Nicotiana lancifolia	Agardh ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023811
Nicotiana latissima	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 1. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]	wfo-0001023814
Nicotiana lehmannii	Agardh ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 559. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023816
Nicotiana longiflora	G.Benn.	Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia 1860	wfo-0001023821
Nicotiana macrophylla	Spreng.	Index Seminum Hort. Hal. 1807: 45. 1807	wfo-0001023835
Nicotiana maxima	Hoffmanns. ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.	Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 4: 60. 1838 [1837]	wfo-0001023838
Nicotiana micrantha	Haw. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023848
Nicotiana modesta	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 90: 765. 1895	wfo-0001023857
Nicotiana nepalensis	Link & Otto ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 594. 1830	wfo-0001023866
Nicotiana nyctaginiflora	(Juss.) Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 47. 1818	wfo-0001023872
Nicotiana obliqua	(N.T.Burb.) M.W.Chase & Christenh.	Bot. Mag. 38(3): 384 2021	wfo-1000056744
Nicotiana obtusisepala	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89: 593. 1929	wfo-0001023876
Nicotiana occidentalis subsp. occidentalis	–	–	wfo-0001023880
Nicotiana odorata	hort.	Gard. Chron. n.s., 2: 183. 1881	wfo-0001023881
Nicotiana pallescens	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001023886
Nicotiana pallida	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 132. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]	wfo-0001023887
Nicotiana palssoniae	M.W.Chase & Christenh.	Austral. Syst. Bot. 37(6)-SB24021: 9 of 17 (2024)	wfo-1000077163
Nicotiana pandurata	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 569. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023890
Nicotiana parvula	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 90: 768. 1895	wfo-0001023896
Nicotiana paulineana	Newbigin & P.M.Waterh.	Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 482. 2021	wfo-1000028159
Nicotiana petiolaris	Schltdl. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 558. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023902
Nicotiana petuniiflora	Greene	Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 209. 1885 [1886 publ. 29 Aug 1885]	wfo-0001023904
Nicotiana petunioides	Anastasia	Araldica Nicotianae 1: 34. 1914	wfo-0001023906
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia var. chlorantha	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 569. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023913
Nicotiana propinqua	(Miers) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 223. 1898	wfo-0001023917
Nicotiana pseudodecurrens	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023918
Nicotiana pulmonarioides	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 2. 1818	wfo-0001023919
Nicotiana pumila	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001023920
Nicotiana pusilla var. humilis	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 560. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023925
Nicotiana repens	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 81. 1923.	wfo-0001023938
Nicotiana rosulata subsp. rosulata	–	Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3 1981	wfo-0001023942
Nicotiana rotundifolia subsp. rotundifolia	–	–	wfo-0001023945
Nicotiana sanguinea	Link & Otto ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 594. 1830	wfo-0001023954
Nicotiana scabra	Hort.Matrit. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 34. 1818	wfo-0001023955
Nicotiana sellowii	Link & Otto ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001023957
Nicotiana serotina	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001023958
Nicotiana sibirica	hort. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 34. 1818	wfo-0001023960
Nicotiana sileniflora	hort. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 567. 1852 [10 May 1852]	wfo-0001023961
Nicotiana silenoides	Dum.Cours.	Bot. Cult. ed. 1, 5(Suppl.): 148. 1805	wfo-0001023962
Nicotiana silvestris	Speg. & Comes	Atti Inst. Torino, Ser. 5. 1(1): 34. ????	wfo-0001023963
Nicotiana sordida	Lehm.	Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg 1843: 8. 1843	wfo-0001023966
Nicotiana suaveolens var. anisandra	(Vest) Comes	Monographie du Genre Nicotiana 1899	wfo-0001023973
Nicotiana suaveolens var. macrantha	Comes	Monographie du Genre Nicotiana 1899	wfo-0001023978
Nicotiana suaveolens var. suaveolens	–	Flora Australiensis 4 1868	wfo-0001023982
Nicotiana suaveolens var. vinciflora	(Link) Comes	Monographie du Genre Nicotiana 1899	wfo-0001023984
Nicotiana tabaca	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130. 1880	wfo-0001023986
Nicotiana tabacum var. undulata	Sendtn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 166. 1846	wfo-0001023997
Nicotiana tatarica	hort. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 34. 1818	wfo-0001023999
Nicotiana texana	Hort.Paris ex Maxim.	Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 1869: 21. 1869	wfo-0001024001
Nicotiana trigonophylla var. sordida	(Lehm.) Comes	Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli (ser 5) 1(1): 49. 1899	wfo-0001024012
Nicotiana tuberculata	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 81. 1923.	wfo-0001024016
Nicotiana turcica	Haberle ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 194. 1841	wfo-0001024017
Nicotiana ulophylla	Phil.	Fl. Atacam. 41. 1860	wfo-0001024019
Nicotiana undulata	Sims	Bot. Mag. 22: t. xxx [?]. 1805	wfo-0001024023
Nicotiana urens	L.	Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 932. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]	wfo-0001024026
Nicotiana verdon	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 554. 1821	wfo-0001024029
Nicotiana vinciflora	Lag. ex Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 179. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]	wfo-0001024030
Nicotiana viridiflora	Hort.Matrit. ex Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 36. 1818	wfo-0001024033
Nicotiana viscosa	Lehm.	Gen. Nicot. Hist. 28. 1818	wfo-0001024034
Nicotiana viscosa var. dilatata	(Link) Comes	Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli (ser. 5) 1(1): 53. 1899	wfo-0001024035