Nothocestrum
| Nothocestrum | |
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| Broadleaf ʻaiea (Nothocestrum latifolium) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Physaleae |
| Subtribe: | Withaninae |
| Genus: | Nothocestrum A.Gray[1] |
| Species | |
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Nothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as ʻaiea.[2]
Species
- Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray – Smallflower ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi)
- Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray – Broadleaf ʻaiea (Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)
- Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray – Longleaf ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)
- Nothocestrum peltatum Skottsb. – Oʻahu ʻaiea (Kauaʻi)
References
- ↑ "Nothocestrum A.Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ↑ "ʻaiea, halena". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
External links
Media related to Nothocestrum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Nothocestrum at Wikispecies
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