Nolana Explained
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.[1] [2]
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.[3]
Species
Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below. Other sources range from 85[3] to 89 species.[4]
- Nolana acuminata
- Nolana adansonii
- Nolana aenigma
- Nolana albescens
- Nolana aplocaryoides
- Nolana arenicola
- Nolana arequipensis
- Nolana baccata
- Nolana balsamiflua
- Nolana bombonensis
- Nolana callae
- Nolana carnosa
- Nolana chancoana
- Nolana chapiensis
- Nolana clivicola
- Nolana coelestis
- Nolana confinis
- Nolana crassulifolia
- Nolana deflexa
- Nolana dianae
- Nolana divaricata
- Nolana elegans
- Nolana filifolia
- Nolana flaccida
- Nolana foliosa
- Nolana galapagensis
- Nolana gayana
- Nolana glauca
- Nolana gracillima
- Nolana hoxeyi
- Nolana humifusa
- Nolana incana
- Nolana inconspicua
- Nolana inflata
- Nolana intonsa
- Nolana jaffuelii
- Nolana lachimbensis
- Nolana latipes
- Nolana laxa
- Nolana leptophylla
- Nolana lezamae
- Nolana linearifolia
- Nolana lycioides
- Nolana mariarosae
- Nolana mollis
- Nolana onoana
- Nolana paradoxa
- Nolana parviflora
- Nolana patachensis
- Nolana peruviana
- Nolana philippiana
- Nolana platyphylla
- Nolana polymorpha
- Nolana pterocarpa
- Nolana quicachaensis
- Nolana ramosissima
- Nolana reichei
- Nolana rhombifolia
- Nolana rostrata
- Nolana rupicola
- Nolana salsoloides
- Nolana samaensis
- Nolana scaposa
- Nolana sedifolia
- Nolana sessiliflora
- Nolana sphaerophylla
- Nolana stenophylla
- Nolana tarapacana
- Nolana tocopillensis
- Nolana tricotiflora
- Nolana villosa
- Nolana werdermannii
Notes and References
- 10.1007/s00425-015-2395-0. Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, interpreted with a scattering and absorbing layer stack model . 2016 . Stavenga . Doekele G. . Van Der Kooi . Casper J. . Planta . 243 . 1 . 171–181 . 26369332 . 4698304 . 2016Plant.243..171S .
- 10.1098/rspb.2016.0429. How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration . 2016 . van der Kooi . Casper J. . Elzenga . J. Theo M. . Staal . Marten . Stavenga . Doekele G. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 283 . 1830 . 27170723 . 4874715 .
- Dillon. M. O.. 2005. The Solanaceae of the lomas formations of coastal Peru and Chile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200316090045/http://www.sacha.org/Solanaceae/Lomas_Solanaceae.pdf. 2020-03-16. Monographs in Systematic Botany. 131–56. 88507110.
- Dillon, M. O. and J. Wen. Phylogenetic Systematics of Nolana (Solanaceae) and Biogeographic Implications for the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts.
