Nolana facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nolana
Nolana confinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Solanoideae
Tribe:	Nolaneae
Genus:	Nolana L.f.
Species
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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.

Classification

There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Pachysolen, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walberia, 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 and Grabowskia.

There are about 85 to 89 species.

Selected species

• Nolana acuminata
• Nolana atriplicifolia
• Nolana crassulifolia
• Nolana galapagensis
• Nolana humifusa
• Nolana prostrata
• Nolana rupicola
• Nolana sedifolia
• Nolana tenella
• Nolana paradoxa

See also

In Spanish: Nolana para niños